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WEIGHT
Unique ID: LEIC-074C28
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead alloy conical weight of probable Medieval date, 17mm long 11mm in daimeter at base and weighing 16.21grams. The object is circular in cross section and 'bell shaped' in form. It has a rounded upper surface with iron staining suggesting a suspension loop. The object widens gradualy and then forming its base is a rounded projection, giving the object a distinctive bell like shape.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1100
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 17 mm
Weight: 16.21 g
Diameter: 11 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Charnwood (District)
Parish or ward: Swithland (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK5412
Four figure Latitude: 52.70298707
Four figure longitude: -1.20228279
1:25K map: SK5412
1:10K map: SK51SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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