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WEIGHT
Unique ID: SUSS-4433FA
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete cast, Post Medieval lead-alloy weight. AD 1600-1800. The weight is conical with a domed crown from which the body gently tapers to a flat base which has a small circular indentation. The weight was formed by pouring molten lead into a thimble casing then allowing it to cool. Concentric pits are present around the top of the object and from these indentations of incised lines follow a spiral pattern around the circumference of the body to the base. Although this object has been described as a weight, it may also be a gaming piece. It is a pale grey white in colour. See SUSS-F5DCD6 for a parallel.
Height: 14.82mm
Weight: 22.29g
Diameter: 15.28mm
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 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 14.82 mm
Weight: 22.29 g
Diameter: 15.28 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Central Bedfordshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Central Bedfordshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Cranfield (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP9544
Four figure Latitude: 52.08620951
Four figure longitude: -0.61493663
1:25K map: SP9544
1:10K map: SP94SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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