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WEIGHT
Unique ID: NLM-4B920E
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead possible weight. Cast cylindrical weight with an off-centre moulded aperture of diameter 12.6mm; patinated overall. The form recalls that of spindle whorls of Walton Rogers form B, with an early medieval to medieval currency. The aperture size and position distinguish this object from other members of that object class. Weights of similar mass from London were considered to possibly respect a medieval Standard but none were perforated. This may have weighted a fishing line, or have been used for some other task. Suggested date: Unknown, 43-1800.
Diameter: 26.5mm, Thickness: 13.7mm, Weight: 51.05gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 13.7 mm
Weight: 51.05 g
Diameter: 26.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 22nd March 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM32035
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Hambleton (District)
To be known as: Stillington
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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