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CASTING WASTE
Unique ID: SOM-027FA7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Piece of lead and copper alloy, probably casting waste. The piece is trapezoidal in shape with irregular surfaces. It is mainly composed of lead with a high percentage of copper alloy. it has a grey-brown patina with traces of dark grey lumps mostly on one side of the piece.
It measures 63.4 mm in length, 62.0 mm in width, 19.5 mm in thickness and weighs 321 g.
The piece may suggest an activity of re-use of materials on the site of the discovery. It was found in association with a large group of lead and copper alloy material of different ages, from the Roman up to Modern Age, therefore is not possible suggest a dating.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 63.4 mm
Width: 62 mm
Thickness: 19.5 mm
Weight: 321 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC Receipt no. 19939
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Secondary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: Mendip (District)
Parish or ward: Trudoxhill (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST7444
Four figure Latitude: 51.19462243
Four figure longitude: -2.37346039
1:25K map: ST7444
1:10K map: ST74SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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