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WEIGHT
Unique ID: NLM-5CFF0C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead weight. Cast cylindrical flat-sided weight, possibly with a lightly impressed circular indentation on one side. The mass may suggest this to have represented one quarter of an averdepois ounce. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1800
Diameter: 14.1mm, Thickness: 4.8mm, Weight: 7.15gms
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 4.8 mm
Weight: 7.15 g
Diameter: 14.1 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 6th November 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM41106
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Swinhope
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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