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WEIGHT
Unique ID: SWYOR-CB2715
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A lead alloy weight of unknown date but most likely from the Roman to Post-Medieval periods. The with is a net weight and is a cylinder which is sub circular in section with a central sub circular perforation. One side bows out slightly and the other is straighter but the object appears to be widest at the centre. The central perforation has a tapering diameter of 5mm-6.2mm. The material appears to have been rolled; there is a rough seam where the material overlaps. The weight has a creamy white and light brown patina with minor surface scrapes and dents. Due to a lack of excavated examples it is difficult to obtain a more precise date. Please also compare to examples found on PAS record IDs: BH-DCC8C1, LVPL-BA0591 and SUSS-59CD41. Other examples are recorded as net sinkers, but these weights may also have been used on land based nets such as for snaring rabbits.
Length: 23.2mm; Width: 11mm; Weight: 12.02g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 23.2 mm
Width: 11 mm
Weight: 12.02 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 23rd June 2011 - Thursday 30th June 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 1541
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Doncaster (Metropolitan District)
District: Doncaster (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Stainforth (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE6210
Four figure Latitude: 53.582934
Four figure longitude: -1.064974
1:25K map: SE6210
1:10K map: SE61SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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