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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: SWYOR-A26E91
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A crudely cast lead unidentified artefact, possibly a weight or a lead adhesive to anchor a fixing into stone. It is probably of post-Medieval date, about AD 1600 - 1900. It is in the form of a blunt cone, with one flat and one rounded face. In the centre of the flat face is a loop or staple of fine copper alloy wire, perhaps a suspension loop or anchoring. There is also a short stub of thicker gauge copper alloy wire protruding from the side, though the function of this second wire, which appears to have no connection to the loop, is uncertain. The object is 17.7mm long and 17mm in diameter. It weighs 14.62gm.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 17.7 mm
Width: 17 mm
Weight: 14.62 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 23rd April 2018 - Monday 23rd April 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS Form: 3150
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Secondary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Richmondshire (District)
Parish or ward: Newbiggin (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SD9884
Four figure Latitude: 54.25167599
Four figure longitude: -2.03219611
1:25K map: SD9884
1:10K map: SD98SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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