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Beckfoot, Cumbria: Loom Weights
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Dot Boughton, 2005-02-24 12:15:09
Title
Beckfoot, Cumbria: Loom Weights
Description
English: Five weights, stone and ceramic? Thesecould been net weights for fishing nets or have been perforated by marine moluscs.

1. Large red weight: WE: ca. 500g; LE: 110mm; WI: 88mm; HE: 63mm; Description: Large weight of round/trapezoidal shape. The surface is smooth and it is of dark red colour. It has one large central perforation which is very worn on one side.

2. Small dark red weight: WE: 100.75g; LE: 46mm; Diameter: 40mm; Description: Oval loomweight with central perforation. It is of dark red colour and has a smooth surface.

3. Small orange weight: WE: 167.76g; LE: 52mm; Diameter: 49mm; Description: Orange-coloured loomweight, oval with flat ends.

4. Medium-sized red weight: WE: 156.35g; LE: 46mm; Diameter: 47mm; Description: Small round weight with very small perforation.

5. Multi-coloured weight: WE: 145.63g, LE: 53mm, Diameter: 43mm; Description: Very gritty, multi-coloured weight of oval shape.

6. Stone loomweight: WE: ca. 200g; LE: 84mm; WI: 51mm; HE: 35mm; Description: Possibly reworked stone (?)

(LE: Length, WI: Width, WE: Weight, HE: Height)
Depicted place (County of findspot) Cumbria
Date between 1500 and 1800
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1800-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 88291
Old ref: LANCUM-DC7DC7
Filename: MaryportBeckfootLoomWeights1d.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/52037
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/52037/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/88291
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Object location54° 42′ 20.52″ N, 3° 29′ 27.49″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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