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WEIGHT

Unique ID: DENO-F9AD53

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A complete but worn square-shaped lead weight or bag seal of post-medieval date.The weight is flat, square-shaped with an iron piercing through one corner. The front contains a central design of the Royal Coat of Arms of United Kingdom (AD c. 1603-present) depicting a crown at the top, an English lion on the right and a heavily worn Scottish unicorn on the left. Underneath is the number 8. The central image is set within a circle with a crenelated outer edge. Encircling the central design is a small border containing a heavily worn inscription which can be read as: [...]ISLA[....]. The weight is an off white colour. Suggested date: 1603-1900.

Inscription: [...]ISLA[....]

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1603
Date to: Circa AD 1900

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 35.3 mm
Width: 34 mm
Thickness: 4.7 mm
Weight: 18.7 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 7th October 2017 - Wednesday 30th August 2017

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: DERBY E8296

Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Charnwood (District)
Parish or ward: Sileby (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SK6014
Four figure Latitude: 52.72033371
Four figure longitude: -1.11313448
1:25K map: SK6014
1:10K map: SK61SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: DENO
Created: 6 years ago
Updated: 6 years ago

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