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WEIGHT

Unique ID: DEV-2B5CF3

Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow status: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation

Large round lead object; possibly a weight or shot. It has two flattened areas, but whether these are surfaces enabling the object to stand if it was used as a weight or where, as shot, it may have hit something, is unclear. It is probably post medieval in date.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1500

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 776 g
Diameter: 46.38 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 30th December 2004

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast

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Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Devon (County)
District: East Devon (District)
Parish or ward: Widworthy (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SY2199
Four figure Latitude: 50.785169
Four figure longitude: -3.122025
1:25K map: SY2199
1:10K map: SY29SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

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Audit data

Recording Institution: DEV
Created: 19 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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