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Record ID: NLM-DBF92C
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead weight. Cast oval weight of round section with a longitudinally moulded hole of diameter 6.5mm; patinated. The form is common for modern fishing weights, particularly those used in coastal waters; either singly on a line, or in series along the selvedge of a net. Suggested date: Modern, 1900-1950.
Length: 27.6mm, Diameter: 17.3mm, Weight: 38.67gms
Created on: Monday 24th October 2016
Last updated: Monday 24th October 2016
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This findspot is known as 'near Mountnessing', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NLM-8B3BD6
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead weight. Cast sub-cylindrical weight with a central moulded aperture of diameter 5.9mm. The diameter is slightly expanded towards the flat ends, though subsequently knife trimmed where this was more marked. A low groove crosses one flat end, passing over the position of the aperture; subsequently patinated. The form approaches that of bobbin or cotton reel-shaped lead weights of uncertain purpose but probably Roman date, as, for example, recorded by David Haldenby from a Roman site at Newbald Lodge, East Riding of Yorkshire, and also reported elsewhere in northern Lincolnshire. Th…
Created on: Thursday 20th October 2016
Last updated: Thursday 20th October 2016
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This findspot is known as 'near Mountnessing', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NLM-E0971D
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead weight. Cast hem weight: a flat discoid weight with a central depression on one side occupied by a pair of stitching of diameter c.2mm. Bent and possibly clipped, patinated. This object is smaller than most hem weights seen by this reporter; it may have been trimmed to this size. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900.
Diameter: 22mm, Thickness: 2.7mm, Weight: 9.75gms.
Created on: Monday 26th October 2015
Last updated: Monday 26th October 2015
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This findspot is known as 'Boxted', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NLM-78DD3E
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead weight. Cast hem weight. A flat discoid weight with a pair of central stitching holes of diameter 2.5mm; on one side these are set within a slight depression; probably homemade. Heavily patinated overall. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900.
Diameter: 25.9mm, Thickness: 2.7mm, Weight: 14.00gms.
Created on: Monday 3rd November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 9th March 2021
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