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WEIGHT
Unique ID: NLM-9A4D4C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead hem weight. Cast flat discoid weight with a pair of stitching holes in a central sunken panel on one side only. The holes have a low bar between them and the panel is surrounded by a ring of short closely juxtaposed lines on a spiral alignment. Patinated. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900.
Diameter: 27.2mm, Thickness: 2.8mm, Weight: 16.57gms
Class: Hem
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 1800
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.8 mm
Weight: 16.57 g
Diameter: 27.2 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 8th May 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM39258
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: near Brookenby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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