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WEIGHT
Unique ID: SWYOR-0B0BF8
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A shield shaped, cast lead trade weight dating from the Medieval period, about AD 1350 - 1500. The upper face is decorated with a moulded fleur-de-lys in a raised border. It is 73.7mm long, 60.2mm wide and 19mm thick. It weighs 516g. This seems to be an unusual mass, given that it is more than any posited 1lb mass. It could have been intended as a one and a quarter pound weight. Compare IOW-DB42D5 for another unusually heavy weight, and SWYOR-7A7972 for the general style.
Similar weights are discussed and illustrated in Biggs and Withers, 2000, Lead Weights: The David Rogers Collection, pages 34 - 40, and see page 302 of The Medieval Household.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 73.7 mm
Width: 60.2 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight: 516 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2019 - Thursday 31st January 2019
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 3380
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Harrogate (District)
Parish or ward: Markington with Wallerthwaite (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE2864
Four figure Latitude: 54.07117756
Four figure longitude: -1.57361603
1:25K map: SE2864
1:10K map: SE26SE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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