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WEIGHT
Unique ID: NLM-DAF004
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead weight. Cast plano-convex object of squat and roughly conical form with an oval base, possibly with a lightly indented circle in its centre. Patinated overall. The mass may suggest this to represent two ounces of either the Tower or averdepois systems of measurement. Suggested date: Medieval, 1150-1500.
Length: 28.7mm, Width: 24.2mm, Height: 16mm, Weight: 57.70gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1150
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28.7 mm
Height: 16 mm
Width: 24.2 mm
Weight: 57.7 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 6th September 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM26942a
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: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Burwell
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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