File:Cast lead weight. Triangular (FindID 838560).jpg

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Cast lead weight. Triangular
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Cast lead weight. Triangular
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English: A tall, triangular cast lead weight, probably dating from the Roman to Post Medieval periods but essentially undatable. The weight is complete and undecorated, with a grey/creamy patina. It is flat, tapering in width to the apex, but tapering in thickness from a thicker apex to a thinner wider base. It has 12 rounded knobs of iron (projecting 3.24mm at most) which are protruding through the side wall on on one side near the wider end, and 6 similar knobs (projecting 0.80mm at most) on the opposite side. The weight measures 69.75mm high, 48.85mm wide at the base, and 9.46mm thick at the base flaring to 16.05mm thick at the top. It weighs 264.5g.

This weight can be compared with several others on the PAS database, usually with a small suspension hole at the top (e.g. PUBLIC-310788, PUBLIC-20A1C7, PUBLIC-16BE67). NCL-8D75FA, LIN-3298B2 and LANCUM-4C14F4 all have iron knobs, hooks or nails protruding from the lead, but are more shield-shaped. These weights are not well understood. It is possible they could have been fishing weights dating from the medieval period or later, but due to a lack of context this weight must remain undated.
Depicted place (County of findspot) North Yorkshire
Date between 43 and 1900
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FindID: 838560
Old ref: PUBLIC-2AE937
Filename: weightwithiron.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/608058
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/608058/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/838560
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Object location54° 12′ 01.8″ N, 0° 19′ 21.01″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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