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WEIGHT
Unique ID: DEV-8195B7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval lead crude trade weight, with hole at the top for suspension
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 46 mm
Width: 22 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Devon (County)
District: South Hams (District)
Parish or ward: Aveton Gifford (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SX6947
Four figure Latitude: 50.308354
Four figure longitude: -3.841045
1:25K map: SX6947
1:10K map: SX67NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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