Rights Holder: Suffolk County Council
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Unique ID: SF-3652F7
Object type certainty: Certain
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A lead weight of probable medieval date. It is a standing weight, roughly triangular with facted sides producing an approximately pentagonal base. There is a rounded loop at the upper terminal with a circular perforation, and there is a circular perforation in the centre of the base. The faceted sides have slight longitudinal ribs, and there is decoration between them of rows of three tiny perforations. The weight measures 19.13mm in length,12.08mm in width at the base and 4.8mm in width near its upper terminal. It weighs 12.85g.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1000
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Quantity: 1
Length: 19.13 mm
Weight: 12.85 g
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st August 2011
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Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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