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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: LANCUM-DBBC25
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Cast lead-alloy object, possibly a counter-weight of a dagger or sword dating from the late medieval, post-medieval or early modern period, that is c. AD1400-1800. The object seems complete and is undecorated. It is roughly oval-shaped and it is hollow with a thick outer shell and a moulded cross on the inside - possibly for aiding in attaching a hilt. The object resembles a sword or dagger pommel and it is suggested here that it may have been on the 'inside' of the pommel to act as a counterweight for the blade, that is, in order to make the sword or dagger balance well.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 39 mm
Height: 16 mm
Width: 26 mm
Weight: 75 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 14th June 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cumbria (County)
District: South Lakeland (District)
To be known as: Kendal
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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