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WEIGHT
Unique ID: KENT-AC2441
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete lead steelyard weight of uncertain date. The weight is bi-conical with traces of iron corrosion at the opposing points ndicating an iron core. The metal is a mid greyish-brown colour and is worn.
The weight is 23.8mm long, 27.7mm in diameter and weighs 74.62 grams.
Lead steelyard weights are difficult to date with any certainty and are known to have been in use from the Roman to post-medieval period. While the majority with iron cores seem to be dated to the Roman period, without a secure archaeological context it is not possible to definitively date such objects.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 23.8 mm
Weight: 74.62 g
Diameter: 27.7 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Maidstone (District)
Parish or ward: Ulcombe (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ8552
Four figure Latitude: 51.23718463
Four figure longitude: 0.64874589
1:25K map: TQ8552
1:10K map: TQ85SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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