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WEIGHT

Unique ID: SWYOR-0F16FA

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A cast lead alloy trade weight dating from the Medieval period, about AD 1300 - 1500. It is shield shaped and has a raised shield shaped area on the front, but any design is now illegible. There is an unusually shaped depression in the centre of the reverse, which may be the remains of a authentication mark. There is also a patch or iron corrosion near the lower point on the reverse, and a magnet suggests there is an iron plug here, possible to fine tune the weight. The weight has a mass of 219gm (7 3/4oz) so was probably intended as an 8oz weight. It has, however suffered some damage; there is a groove across the top edge, probably resulting from contact with agricultural machinery, so it may have been a little heavier. The weight is 54.4mm long, 41mm wide and 18.5mm thick.

Similar weights are discussed and illustrated in Biggs and Withers, 2000, Lead Weights: The David Rogers Collection, pages 34 - 40, and see page 302 of The Medieval Household. Compare also SWYOR-308CC.

Notes:

Ref.210

Class: trade

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1500

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 54.4 mm
Width: 41 mm
Thickness: 18.5 mm
Weight: 219 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 17th February 2018 - Saturday 17th February 2018

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: PAS Form Number: 003148

Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead Alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Harrogate (District)
Parish or ward: Hunsingore (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SE4353
Four figure Latitude: 53.97129
Four figure longitude: -1.34596214
1:25K map: SE4353
1:10K map: SE45SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Biggs, N. and Withers, P.	2000	Lead Weights: The David Rogers Collection	Powys	White House Publications	34-40
Egan, G.	1998	The Medieval Household: Daily Living c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London)	London	The Stationery Office	302

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Recording Institution: SWYOR
Created: 5 years ago
Updated: 3 years ago

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