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WEIGHT
Unique ID: NLM-5391FE
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead weight. Cast ball with a tapered central hole of diameter 3.6mm-1.5mm diameter; abraded. The metal retains a grey tint, which may suggest a relatively recent date. The small hole could permit a horsehair thread to be threaded through the object, so a function as a line weight would appear possible. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1900
Diameter: 18.3mm, Weight: 29.33gms
Class: Line
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1700
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 29.33 g
Diameter: 18.3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 15th July 2019
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM43257
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Gainsborough
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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