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WEIGHT
Unique ID: NMS-6E53EE
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval lead weight, crude, tubular, diameter 20mm, length 10.5mm, weight 27.36g. Perhaps 12th - 15th century
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1100
Date to: Exactly AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 10.5 mm
Weight: 27.36 g
Diameter: 20 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 21st December 2016 - Wednesday 25th January 2017
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 61771
Other reference: DDMD012017
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Garvestone (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG0206
Four figure Latitude: 52.61419001
Four figure longitude: 0.98227178
1:25K map: TG0206
1:10K map: TG00NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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