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WEIGHT
Unique ID: SUSS-A5DB1B
Object type certainty: Certain
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A cast irregular flattened pyramid-shaped lead weight with a rectangular base. A hole has been punched through the apex of the weight. The weight is undecorated apart from a circle scored on the base using a central point. The weight is complete, and is a light grey white colour. The surface is worn and has cut marks.
The weight measures 45.8mm high, 26.1mm long by 19.4mm wide at the base: 9.5mm long by 6.2mm wide at the top. The hole is 2.4mm in diameter. It weighs 117g.
Lead weights made of simple forms were easy to manufacture and used throughout a long period; they are therefore difficult to date precisely and those with similar designs to this example are often given a general Roman-Post Medieval date.
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Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 26.1 mm
Height: 45.8 mm
Width: 19.4 mm
Weight: 117 g
Diameter: 2.4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 11th March 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Rother (District)
Parish or ward: Ewhurst (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ7821
Four figure Latitude: 50.96092944
Four figure longitude: 0.53330584
1:25K map: TQ7821
1:10K map: TQ72SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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