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WEIGHT
Unique ID: CORN-348081
Object type certainty: Certain
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Cast lead standing weight, conical in profile with a pointed apex and circular base. The apex has an integral central circular aperture that is 3 mm in diameter which may have been used with a hook to suspend the weight, but it is more likely to have been used as a standing weight. The base has a cavity within it that is almost circular in plan and is 10 mm in diameter and 5 mm in height or depth. The weight weighs 102.91g which is equivalent to 3.6 ounces avoirdupois, but it may have had another metal inserted in to the base to make it heavier and likely would have equated to 4 ounces.
Egan (2005) illustrates two similar weights on page 164, fig.161, nos.845 & 850, which are dated from c.1530-1570 and c.1630-1650.
Egan (1998) records a conical weight with a central hole that weighs 94 g, which was probably used as a quarter of an English troy pound or three ounces, on page 322, no.1038, which is dated from the 15th century.
Biggs & Withers (2000) illustrate a similar standing weight with an integral looped handle and a cavity at the base to adjust the mass, that weighs 62g on page 33, no.77.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 31.4 mm
Weight: 102.91 g
Diameter: 26 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st March 2015 - Sunday 8th March 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Madron (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SW4428
Four figure Latitude: 50.09680684
Four figure longitude: -5.58091536
1:25K map: SW4428
1:10K map: SW48NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biggs, N. and Withers, P. | 2000 | Lead Weights: The David Rogers Collection | Powys | White House Publications | 33, no.77 | ||
| Egan, G. | 1998 | The Medieval Household: Daily Living c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London) | London | The Stationery Office | 322, no.1038 | ||
| Egan, G. | 2005 | Material Culture in London in an Age Of Transition: Tudor and Stuart period finds c.1450 - c.1700 from excavations at riverside sites in Southwark | London | Museum of London Archaeology Service | 164, fig.161, nos.845 & 850 |
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