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WEIGHT
Unique ID: NMS-1E1CF9
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Two probably medieval or early post-medieval chalk weights, both with a median perforation, probably for ½ pound troy, 13th - 16th century:
- globular with flattened poles, surface pitted and in places with a thin skin lost, diameter 56mm, height 47mm, hole diameter 18 - 25mm, weight 183.20g / 2827.0 grains / 5.8895oz
- cylindrical with convex sides, length 52mm, diameter 500mm, hole diameter 19 - 20mm (narrowing unevenly towards the centre, drilled form both ends), weight 186.72g / 2881.4 grains / 6.0045oz.
½-pound troy (6oz) = 2880 grains
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 2
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 1999 - Monday 29th November 1999
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 61469
Other reference: AR072017
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Needham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM2281
Four figure Latitude: 52.38200903
Four figure longitude: 1.26053126
1:25K map: TM2281
1:10K map: TM28SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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