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WEIGHT
Unique ID: NLM-128B11
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead net sinker or line weight. Cast tubular weight with central aperture of circa 10mm. This would be attached to the selvedge of a light net, or alternatively used as a line weight. Patinated overall, and lightly squashed. The form is related to that of earlier tubular net weights, but this example could not readily be removed once in position. Suggested date: Medieval, 1200-1500.
Diameter: circa 16mm, Thickness: 3.7mm, Length: 15.0mm, Weight: 18.69gms.
Class: Line
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 15 mm
Thickness: 3.7 mm
Weight: 18.69 g
Diameter: 16 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 14th January 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM21657a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Northorpe (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK8994
Four figure Latitude: 53.435278
Four figure longitude: -0.661785
1:25K map: SK8994
1:10K map: SK89SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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