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WEIGHT
Unique ID: NLM-6B865B
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead possible weight. Cast sub-discoid object with a central aperture of diameter 2.7mm, probably pierced from one side, which has slight indications of a rim. This might have served for attachment, as with a hem weight, or for its suspension. Suggested date: Unknown, Roman to Post-Medieval, 43-1800.
Diameter: 29.1mm, Thickness: 2.9mm, Weight: 17.59gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.9 mm
Weight: 17.59 g
Diameter: 29.1 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 30th September 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM38019
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Muckton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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