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WEIGHT
Unique ID: NLM-234227
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead weight. Cast annular weight with an off-centre moulded aperture of diameter 10.5mm. The aperture is enlarged by nicks on opposite sides to a width there of c.12.5mm, and these may be a tying notch permitting the use of the object to weight a fishing line. Twelve stamped or gouged impressions appear on one side, probably the uppermost as the object was cast. A faint impression on the other side may relate to tied attachment: it extends from one end of the nicks appearing more prominently on the upper side as cast. Very lightly patinated. The fresh condition probably argues for a relatively recent date. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1900.
Diameter: 36.1mm, Thickness: 5.2mm, Weight: 37.34gms.
Class: Line
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1700
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 5.2 mm
Weight: 37.34 g
Diameter: 36.1 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 26th October 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM30280
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Haxey
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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