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WEIGHT
Unique ID: LANCUM-A0F7D8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead and iron weight of late medieval or post-medieval date (c. AD 1400 - 1600). The weight was probably formed from pouring molten lead into a thimble; consequently, it is cylindrical in form, with a rounded, hachured end. Two iron stubs protrude from the top: these are the remains of a suspension loop. The object has a white patina with red patches from iron corrosion. The object is 18.61mm in length and 14.88mm in diameter. It weighs 30.32g.
See YORYM-413052 for a similar example recorded on the database.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 18.61 mm
Weight: 30.32 g
Diameter: 14.88 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: N5402
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Secondary material: Iron
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lancashire (County)
District: Ribble Valley (District)
Parish or ward: Bolton-by-Bowland (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SD7651
Four figure Latitude: 53.95453104
Four figure longitude: -2.3672145
1:25K map: SD7651
1:10K map: SD75SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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