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WEIGHT
Unique ID: SWYOR-0BEDD8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast lead weight, perforated and of sub-conical form, probably dating from the medieval or post medieval periods, about AD 1200 - 1800. The object has a height of 9.85mm, and basal dimensions of 38.10mm by 33.03mm. It weighs 108.04g. It is a rough dome or sub-conical shape, with a base that is tending towards pentagonal, and five flattened facets on the sides. A perforation runs the height of the weight, only 2.4mm long by 2mm wide at the apex, but 6.5mm by 5.8mm at the base. this may have been to attach a missing suspension loop.
The mass suggests that it could have been intended to be a quarter pound weight in the Mercantile or Avoirdupois systems, especially with added mass from the possible suspension loop (see Egan 1998, page 302). It has a creamy patina, but an uneven shape. There is a spiral groove on the flat base, probably the result of the manufacturing process rather than intended decoration.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 19.85 mm
Width: 38.1 mm
Thickness: 33.03 mm
Weight: 108.04 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2019 - Monday 1st April 2019
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 3377
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Craven (District)
Parish or ward: Hawkswick (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SD9669
Four figure Latitude: 54.11685329
Four figure longitude: -2.06268681
1:25K map: SD9669
1:10K map: SD96NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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