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WEIGHT
Unique ID: LEIC-E3EA08
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval or later lead alloy weight, 35mm long, 27mm in diameter at the base and weighing 95.17grams. The weight is conical in form and circular in cross section. The object bulges outwards just above its base and has a partially hollow underside. It contains a small circuar hole near its apex, suggesting it was suspended by an iron loop.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1150
Date to: Circa AD 1750
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 35 mm
Weight: 95.17 g
Diameter: 27 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Charnwood (District)
Parish or ward: Woodhouse (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK5413
Four figure Latitude: 52.71197581
Four figure longitude: -1.2021189
1:25K map: SK5413
1:10K map: SK51SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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