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WEIGHT
Unique ID: NLM-FE7406
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Lead probable weight. A cast object formed by inserting a finger end into damp coarse sand, which has left a clear cast of the tip and fingernail of the maker's index finger. The shrinkage of the object on its upper side as cast shows it was made, as is to be expected with such an improvised technique, in an open mould. Densely patinated. The mass may suggest this distinctive object to have represented one averdepois ounce, though its interest now resides more in the personalised record of its maker which it embodies. This method was also used to make musket balls in case of need, a category of object oft-reported from the vicinity and perhaps to be associated with the Winceby campaign of 1643. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1800.
Length: 22mm, Width: 16.7mm, Thickness: 13.2mm, Weight: 28.31gms
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 22 mm
Width: 16.7 mm
Thickness: 13.2 mm
Weight: 28.31 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 10th March 2018
Personal details
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Recorded by: Mr Martin Foreman
Identified by: Mr Martin Foreman
Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM38950
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Ulceby Cross
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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