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TOY
Unique ID: DUR-8721A2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Fragment of a lead allo Toy of Post-Medieval date (AD 1600-1800) , possibly a whistle. the object is cylindrical and hollow with a break at both ends. The cylinder tapers from 14.63mm to 12.01mm at the smallest end and, complete, this tapering may have been more pronounced. There is a rectangular projection towards the middle of the fragment which may have been used as a hand. There is a hole near the smallest end of the cylinder. There's no discernible decoration on the object due to through green patina covering most of it but there are several scratches near the broken end which may have been deliberate.
Similar objects on the Portable Antiquities Scheme include: SOM-E63B28
Dimensions: Length - 52.78mm, Width- 19.01mm, Thickness- 2.01mm, Weight- 21.8g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 52.78 mm
Width: 19.01 mm
Thickness: 2.01 mm
Weight: 21.8 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: North East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northumberland (Unitary Authority)
District: Northumberland (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Stannington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: NZ2081
Four figure Latitude: 55.12298365
Four figure longitude: -1.68793353
1:25K map: NZ2081
1:10K map: NZ28SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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