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Record ID: LIN-29E0A2
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead gaming piece or weight. The item is circular with a recessed face on both sides. One side bears three dots.
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-954F33
Object type: PLUMB BOB
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead object, probably a plum bob. The object is cylindrical, solid and has a groove around the head. The terminal is pointed. Unknown age.
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 1st May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-9A1C83
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large lead object, possibly a weight. The object has two large flat circular discs joined in the centre by a thick central column. The date of the object is unknown. The object is over 200g (the maximum weight the FLOs scales can measure).
Created on: Wednesday 21st March 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 21st March 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-73F540
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A solid cylindrical-shaped piece of lead with flat ends. Each end appears to be cut flat suggesting that this is an ingot of lead. The surface has a white patina.
Created on: Monday 19th March 2012
Last updated: Monday 19th March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Apley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-706476
Object type: PLUMB BOB
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead plumb bob of uncertain date. The weight is conical, with an iron suspension loop projecting from the top. There is some corrosion damage to the surface of the iron, and wear to the lead surface, but otherwise the object is in fair condition. Still in use today, the plumb bob has a long history with its earliest recorded use by the Egyptians in around 2600BC (Murland). There are several examples on this database with numerous dates attributed, but no distinct typology has been developed to enable accurate dating of these tools. This example resembles LANCUM-8FA658, a roman…
Created on: Friday 6th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 1st February 2012
Spatial data recorded.