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WEIGHT
Unique ID: SWYOR-674916
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast lead weight of uncertain date, but probably Medieval or post-Medieval, AD 1200 - 1800. It is flat and cast in the shape of a fish. The body is a pointed oval, tapering towards one end before flaring slightly to form the tail. In the centre of the tail is a shallow, transverse notch and in the forward end of the body is a circular perforation representing the eye. There is no decoration and no indication that there was ever a suspension loop of any kind. Two notches are recent damage. The weight is 66.7mm long, 22.5mm wide and 7.7mm thick. It weighs 76.5gm (2.75oz)
A small number of fish shaped weights can be found on the database though none is an exact parallel for this weight. See for example records YORYM-BFD301 and LVPL-244DEA. It is possibly that this weight was used for weighting a fishing line and it could be more recent in date.
Class: fish
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 66.7 mm
Width: 22.5 mm
Thickness: 7.7 mm
Weight: 76.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st July 2014 - Thursday 16th October 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 2394
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Bradford (Metropolitan District)
District: Bradford (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Idle and Thackley (Metropolitan District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE1639
Four figure Latitude: 53.84699652
Four figure longitude: -1.75829099
1:25K map: SE1639
1:10K map: SE13NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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