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WEIGHT
Unique ID: NLM-7C8E97
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
: Lead possible weight, perhaps used as a line weight. Cast hollow conical object with a thinner part of its wall bearing a small hole, probably at the site of a casting flaw, and with a longitudinal moulded aperture of diameter 8.5mm. A possible tying notch appears at the upper end [as illustrated]. Patinated. Suggested date: Medieval, 1200-1500.
Diameter: 16.8mm, Length: 19.0mm, Thickness (wall, maximum): 4.9mm, Weight: 18.80gms
Class: Line
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 19 mm
Thickness: 4.9 mm
Weight: 18.8 g
Diameter: 16.8 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 25th August 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM40147
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: Alkborough
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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