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WEIGHT
Unique ID: NMS-D08A87
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval to post-medieval lead weight, cylindrical, the diameter reducing from both ends and remaining constant for most of the length. Length 44mm. Diameter at the ends 11.5 and 12.5mm, at the centre 9mm. Weight 36.40g / 561.8 grains / 23.40 pennyweights, so probably for 2 shillingweights or 1/10th of a Troy pound (= 576 grains). Not closely datable.
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 1750
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 44 mm
Weight: 36.4 g
Diameter: 12.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 18th March 2014 - Tuesday 29th April 2014
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 40972
Other reference: NMD042014
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Shipdham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF9709
Four figure Latitude: 52.64295943
Four figure longitude: 0.91031022
1:25K map: TF9709
1:10K map: TF90NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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