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WEIGHT
Unique ID: KENT-DDCD8B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast lead object possibly a weight of medieval date to early post-Medieval.
Description: The object is roughly heart shaped with a tab between the upper lobes. This tab maybe a casting gate or a warped suspension point. The upper lobe is slightly warped. There is some finishing or casting that leaves it with sloped sides. The object's underlying metal is dark grey but this is mostly covered in white patination.
Measurements: 40.58mm long, 32.56mm wide, 12.25mm thick (including tab) and 48.32g in weight.
Discussion: The exact identity of this object is uncertain and it bears similarities to a number of lead heart shaped weights dating c.1350-1650. That all being said there are a number of early-medieval vessel fittings in lead which have sloped sides. The former ID is most likely but without direct parallels the ID remains tentative.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 40.58 mm
Width: 32.56 mm
Thickness: 12.25 mm
Weight: 48.32 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Canterbury (District)
Parish or ward: Waltham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TR0947
Four figure Latitude: 51.18400768
Four figure longitude: 0.98916241
1:25K map: TR0947
1:10K map: TR04NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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