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Late-Medieval lead weight
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Lancashire County Council, Sarah Milner, 2007-05-29 11:39:53
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Late-Medieval lead weight
Description
English: Late Medieval lead pendant weight. It has an elongated shape with a pierced hole at the top of the weight by which it can be hung, the centre of the weight on both sides are enlarged . Known as a lentoid triangular-section weight with a hole at one end and was probably used of rindustrial purposes. The weight has a variety of uses being sinkers for fishing nets, form of plumb bob or sounding lead for use on ships.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Cumbria
Date between 1400 and 1500
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1400-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 181383
Old ref: LANCUM-6E8B72
Filename: KDMDMHBurtonWeight1a.JPG
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/139838
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/139838/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/181383
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