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WEIGHT
Unique ID: WILT-48F26E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete Roman to post-medieval cylindrical lead weight, dating to the period AD 43-1700. The base is round in plan, and the weight has an integral loop at the apex. There are numerous scratches and indentations but these are probably meaningless. In total, the weight has an off white colour, rough patina, with some darker inclusions, and measures 28.8mm in height, 16.7mm in diameter and weighs 45.41 grams.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 28.8 mm
Weight: 45.41 g
Diameter: 16.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 25th July 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: WSHC 1
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: St. Paul Malmesbury Without (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST9488
Four figure Latitude: 51.59081773
Four figure longitude: -2.08800454
1:25K map: ST9488
1:10K map: ST98NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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