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Title: LEAD THINGIES Post by: Val Beechey on July 29, 2013, 07:25:47 PM Not necessarily for 'The Doc' any ones ideas will help. I know one is prob. a loom weight and the other is either a plum bob or a weight.
What I'd like to know is, does anyone have any idea of age. I also know these things are very difficult to age but some idea would be useful. Val Title: Re: LEAD THINGIES Post by: celticspikey on July 29, 2013, 07:33:46 PM Not necessarily for 'The Doc' any ones ideas will help. I know one is prob. a loom weight and the other is either a plum bob or a weight. Hi Val, I find these on Roman sites with no Medieval finds, and Medieval sites with no Roman finds guess I'm trying to say nice find thou ;) :) and they could be Roman or Medieval :-\ ???What I'd like to know is, does anyone have any idea of age. I also know these things are very difficult to age but some idea would be useful. Val Title: Re: LEAD THINGIES Post by: handyman [Alan} on July 29, 2013, 07:36:09 PM i'm in agreement with spikey, i've had similar results up here!
nice finds Val. Title: Re: LEAD THINGIES Post by: The Doc on July 29, 2013, 08:02:13 PM The statement that UKDFD has for this type of thing is as follows:
The dating of lead objects of this general type is very problematic, and the term 'weight' is used here in its broadest sense to include uses that do not involve weighing (e.g. holding-down, tensioning, etc.) In order to keep recorded items of this type together, they are categorised on the database under 'Later Medieval (11th-15thC) » Weights » Lead weights', but this is for convenience only and should not be regarded as an indicator of the actual date of their manufacture. My understanding is that this means they could be late medieval, but could also be earlier or more modern. Title: Re: LEAD THINGIES Post by: Chef Geoff on July 29, 2013, 09:33:55 PM PAS work on the same pigeon hole system where the "weights" with a hole are medieval and those with an iron loop are Roman.
Title: Re: LEAD THINGIES Post by: Val Beechey on July 29, 2013, 09:55:10 PM Rarely am I on a level footing with Identification with such renowned Gurus, but that's about as far as I got. ::)
I was hoping the patina may have been a guideline but I s'pose that is dependant on what sort of soil they were found in. Thanks for comments and help. ;) Val Title: Re: LEAD THINGIES Post by: Val Beechey on July 29, 2013, 10:23:11 PM P.S. The other bit of info I picked up about Medieval weights was they were often marked with the builders own individual mark.
Did you notice the X in a square on mine ?? Title: Re: LEAD THINGIES Post by: Dryland on July 29, 2013, 11:37:12 PM I had wimpey homes on mine ;D
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