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WEIGHT
Unique ID: SWYOR-FF1D87
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast lead Medieval weight dating from the 13th and 14th Centuries onwards. It is sub circular in plan and flat in profile, with a sloping top and flat base. It is shallower at one side and there is a possible border design. There may also have been a design in the centre but the weight is too worn to be precise. The object weighs 224g (7.9oz), so was probably intended to be an 8oz weight. The weight has a grey-brown patina. There are deep scratches in the material demarcated by a dark grey colour. Examples may be found in both Egan's The Medieval Household (page 312, figure 232, number 981) and Biggs and Withers' Lead Weights (page 22-23). Please also compare to PAS record ID: CORN-F1C5D6.
Thickness: 12.8mm; Diameter: 52.3mm
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 12.8 mm
Weight: 224 g
Diameter: 52.3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 10th May 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 1552
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Craven (District)
Parish or ward: Kettlewell with Starbotton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SD9771
Four figure Latitude: 54.13484
Four figure longitude: -2.04741
1:25K map: SD9771
1:10K map: SD97SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biggs, N. and Withers, P. | 2000 | Lead Weights: The David Rogers Collection | Powys | White House Publications | 22-23 | ||
| Egan, G. | 1998 | The Medieval Household: Daily Living c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London) | London | The Stationery Office | 312, number 981 |
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