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STEELYARD WEIGHT
Unique ID: LIN-6C7427
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Probable steelyard weight. The weight is bi-conical, undecorated and has two broken iron pins at either tip. There is a small area in the side of the weight where it looks as if the iron has 'burst' through the side. The lead has splayed outwards exposing some corroded iron beneath the surface. The weight is possibly Roman in date.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 43
Date to: AD 1499
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28 mm
Width: 30 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight: 75.71 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Lissington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF0983
Four figure Latitude: 53.332694
Four figure longitude: -0.364647
1:25K map: TF0983
1:10K map: TF08SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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