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NET SINKER
Unique ID: NLM-18DFEB
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead probable net sinker. A fragment of thin cast lead sheet, wrapped around an organic former with an overlapping seam, the former here being interpreted as the rope selvedge of a net of diameter 4mm, now lost to decay. The rolled tubular form of lead weight is known from Middle Saxon Flixborough, North Lincolnshire, next to the River Trent, where the use of nets for wildfowling as well as fishing was considered. Patinated. This example is lighter than most of the Flixborough weights, but has retained its tubular form despite its delicacy, suggesting it must have been deposited or lost while still attached to the net. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 700-850.
Length: 24.7mm, Diameter: 8.9mm, Weight (with trapped soil): 6.83gms
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 700
Date to: Circa AD 850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 24.7 mm
Weight: 6.83 g
Diameter: 8.9 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM42190
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Binbrook
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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