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WEIGHT
Unique ID: LANCUM-B1D420
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Roman to Post Medieval lead alloy suspended weight. It is circular in plan and sub triangular in section. It is undecorated but retains the remnants of its iron suspension loop. The weight is hollow with a perforation approximately 23mm in diameter in the base. 7mm inside this perforation is a purer layer of lead with a central smaller perforation of 16mm x 11mm.The centre of the weight is void with an approximate maximum diameter of 35mm and an approximate maximum depth of 25mm. The shank of the iron suspension loop is visible inside this void and is approximately 12mm long. The two layers of lead show that the original Roman to Medieval weight has been recoated, possibly when the void was discovered, in a lead alloy of lesser purity at a later period, probably Post Medieval. Probably dates to between c43 and c1900 AD.
The diameter is 52mm, height 58 mm, and the weight is 755.9g.
Evidence of reuse: Recoated in a lead alloy of lesser purity
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Period of reuse: POST MEDIEVAL
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 58 mm
Weight: 755.9 g
Diameter: 52 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 15th October 2019 - Tuesday 15th October 2019
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cumbria (County)
District: Allerdale (District)
To be known as: near Keswick
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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