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WEIGHT
Unique ID: CORN-5EFF27
Object type certainty: Certain
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Cast lead trade weight, free standing, pyramidal in form on a flat square base. The tip of the weight has been twisted and folded to one side, with an impressed nick which may hide the remains of a perforation for suspension. The weight weighs 179.82g which equates to 6.3 ounces avoirdupois and 5.8 troy ounces so about half a troy pound.
Biggs & Withers (2000) illustrate a similar pyramidal weight with a rectangular base on page 31, no.71.
Egan (1998) records a pyramidal weight that weighs 53.5g on page 322, no.1037, which is dated from the 15th century.
Egan (2005) illustrates conical weights on page 164, fig.161, nos.845 & 850, which are dated from the 16th to the 17th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 53 mm
Height: 53 mm
Width: 31 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight: 179.82 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 7th October 2016 - Sunday 9th October 2016
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: Taunton Deane (District)
Parish or ward: Langford Budville (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST1122
Four figure Latitude: 50.99049334
Four figure longitude: -3.26945465
1:25K map: ST1122
1:10K map: ST12SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biggs, N. and Withers, P. | 2000 | Lead Weights: The David Rogers Collection | Powys | White House Publications | 31 | no.71 | |
| Egan, G. | 1998 | The Medieval Household: Daily Living c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London) | London | The Stationery Office | 322 | no.1037 | |
| Egan, G. | 2005 | Material Culture in London in an Age Of Transition: Tudor and Stuart period finds c.1450 - c.1700 from excavations at riverside sites in Southwark | London | Museum of London Archaeology Service | 164, fig.161 | nos.845 & 850 |
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