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WEIGHT
Unique ID: NLM-FF3572
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead possible weight. A small cast oval billet with rounded ends, probably lightly hammered to a coffee-bean shape, flattening one of its opposed larger sides. Patinated. The mass does not immediately suggest this object to observe any particular system of measurement. Suggested date: Unknown, Roman to Post-Medieval, 43-1800.
Length: 12.9mm, Width: 7.2mm, Thickness: 7.0mm, Weight: 5.25gms
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: 12.9 mm
Width: 7.2 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight: 5.25 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 3rd September 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM40116
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Beltoft Fields
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
References cited
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