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WEIGHT
Unique ID: FAKL-BC5AD1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Post Medieval lead trade weight bearing the marks of Charles I (1625-1649) and the City of Norwich. The weight is discoidal and bears two, deep stamp impressions, one being a crowned 'CR' and the other a castle with two towers, a gate and a crenulated battlement, the arms of Norwich. Through the face of the weight are two holes, one 2.5mm in diameter set within a 6.0mm diameter raised pad, the other being rectangular, 3.5 x 1.5mm from which it tapers. On the top face are two vertically sided recesses, both oval, 4.5 x 4.0mm x 2.0mm deep. Diameter 34.9mm, Thickness 6.5mm, Mass 54.47g (1.94 ounces).
A similarly marked weight is shown by Margeson (1993, Fig. 157, No. 1584), this, however bears the arms Norwich and the CIIR cypher of Charles II.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1625
Date to: Circa AD 1649
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 6.5 mm
Weight: 54.47 g
Diameter: 34.9 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SWY 898
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Thetford (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL7676
Four figure Latitude: 52.3538086
Four figure longitude: 0.58285219
1:25K map: TL7676
1:10K map: TL77NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margeson, S. | 1993 | Norwich Households: Medieval and Post-Medieval Finds from Norwich Survey Excavations 1971-78 | Norwich | East Anglian Archaeology | Fig. 157 | 1584 |
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