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WEIGHT
Unique ID: LANCUM-F43EB6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead steelyard weight of uncertain date, possibly Roman (c. AD 43 - 1750). The weight is cylindrical in form with a slightly bulging oval base and the remains of a red-brown iron loop at the top. The object is dark grey in colour with a white patina. There is a patch of red-brown iron encrustation around the loop. The object is 28.73mm in length, 26.93mm in width and 22.74mm in thickness. It weighs 87.43g.
Lead weights can be difficult to date without archaeological context. A number of similar examples have been recorded on the database with a Roman date, but similar examples are also noted from the medieval period. See: SWYOR-EEA934 and SUR-658C0A.
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 1750
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28.73 mm
Width: 26.93 mm
Thickness: 22.74 mm
Weight: 87.43 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: N5497
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Secondary material: Iron
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cumbria (County)
District: South Lakeland (District)
Parish or ward: Kendal (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SD5391
Four figure Latitude: 54.31241745
Four figure longitude: -2.72392262
1:25K map: SD5391
1:10K map: SD59SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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