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WEIGHT
Unique ID: DUR-A6A271
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete lead alloy weight, dating from an unknown period.
The weight is 'barrel-shaped', and has an uneven aperture throughout its interior. There is a brown-grey patina on the surface. It is possible that this weight is early medieval in date as a quantity of material dating to this period has been found in the vicinity. However, Watling (2009, 249) notes that similar weights, probably used to nets used for fishing and bird netting, have been found on sites ranging from the Iron Age to medieval periods. The examples illustrated by Watling (ibid) have been rolled to form a cylinder; however, the artefact under discussion here, similar to those of LANCUM-57A92D, has been cast.
Length: 32.6 mm
Width: 15.28 mm
Weight: 33.5 g
Reference: Wastling, E, and Ottaway P. 2009. '6: Cultivation, Crop Processing and Food Procurement'. In Life and Economy at Early Medieval Flixborough, C. AD 600-1000: V. 2: The Artefact Evidence: The Artefact Evidence: Excavations at Flixborough, edited by D. H. Evans and Christopher Loveluck, 244-52. Oxford u.a.: Oxbow Books.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 500
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 32.6 mm
Width: 15.28 mm
Weight: 33.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 7th December 2018
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: North East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Darlington (Unitary Authority)
District: Darlington (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Brafferton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: NZ3120
Four figure Latitude: 54.57427045
Four figure longitude: -1.52197747
1:25K map: NZ3120
1:10K map: NZ32SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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