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WEIGHT
Unique ID: SUSS-0FADEB
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast lead alloy weight of uncertain date. The object is sub-conical, with a flat oval base and large circular aperture perforating from the top down through the vertical centre to the base. There is no decoration with the surface pitted. It is possibly that it may have been used as a spindle whorl as there is a slight incised line on the outer surface. It is a greyish white in colour. It measures 11mm high. The oval base measures 31.3mm long and 28.3mm wide. The centre aperture measures approximately 8.9mm diameter. The weight is 42.65 grams.
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
Length: 31.3 mm
Height: 11 mm
Width: 28.3 mm
Weight: 42.65 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 10th September 2017 - Sunday 10th September 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Ashford (District)
Parish or ward: Tenterden (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ8730
Four figure Latitude: 51.03892387
Four figure longitude: 0.66595086
1:25K map: TQ8730
1:10K map: TQ83SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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