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West Yorkshire Archaeology Service, Amy Downes, 2009-10-15 15:07:53 |
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Early medieval weight |
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| Description |
English: Two small, irregular-shaped lead alloy objects, originally recorded as weight, probably dating from the Viking period, but now thought to be Post Medieval buckshot. Each object has a single cup-shaped depression on four of the sides. Each is 3.8mm in diameter and weighs 0.4gm. These are similar to but smaller than Treasure Case number 2004 T411, a probable Viking weight also made of lead alloy (and so determined to be Not Treasure).
Similar examples can be seen on the Portable Antiquities database such as SWYOR-E0A6C4 and SWYOR-E809B3. Though sometimes recorded as Anglo-Scandinavian polyhedral weights, the number of similar finds makes it more likely that these are pellets fired from a gun, similar to grape shot but smaller, and of Post Medieval date. Compare examples of buckshot in Harding (2012) "Lead Shot of the English Civil War", for example, Plate 21. Buckshot was used for hunting throughout the Post Medieval period, as well as in warfare. |
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| Depicted place | (County of findspot) Lincolnshire | ||
| Date | between 1500 and 1900 | ||
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FindID: 272023 Old ref: SWYOR-733C33 Filename: PAS_679_weights.jpg |
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https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/224643 Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/224643/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/272023 |
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