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Record ID: SF-0EAE46
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete discoidal lead weight of possible Roman to post-medieval date. Both faces are decorated with stamped circles in an irregular arrangement and there is an off-centre hole running from one face to the other. Weights of this form were in use for a long period of time, from the Roman to post-medieval periods with little variation in form.Tthey are difficult to date more closely when the form and decoration off few clues about date. Length: 28.63mm, width: 26.77mm, thickness: 7.02mm, weight: 35.24g
Created on: Monday 7th February 2022
Last updated: Monday 7th February 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Old Buckenham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-123A5F
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead standing weight of uncertain probable Roman to post-medieval date. It is an irregular truncated conical shape with a small circular hole through the centre. Length: 19.9mm, width at base: 27.9mm, weight: 62.8g
Created on: Monday 10th August 2020
Last updated: Monday 10th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hockwold cum Wilton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-FFC8DE
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead weight of Roman to post-medieval date. It is discoidal in shape with rounded sides and slightly concave surfaces. One face has the number VIII inscribed in the centre with two stars above it and a circle formed from a wavy line below. The other face has an irregular recess in its centre, roughly in the shape of a leaf, with a transverse groove across its centre. The surface of the weight is heavily worn with many scratch marks. The modern equivalent of the ancient Roman ounce or uncia is uncertain, but is thought to have been around 27.4g. Using this system this par…
Created on: Monday 21st March 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 4th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bressingham', grid reference and parish protected.