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SEAL
Unique ID: NLM-1EE251
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead
Bag Seal. Pair of cast discs linked by a sprue and clenched together. Traces of lettering on modern style appear as a circumferential legend, possibly surrounding a central device incorporating a scroll; the object is damaged and looks chewed. Lightly patinated overall. Suggested date: Modern, 1800-1900.
Diameter: 20.8mm, Thickness: 4.6mm, Weight: 12.98gms.
Class: Bag closure
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MODERN
Period from: MODERN
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1800
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 4.6 mm
Weight: 12.98 g
Diameter: 20.8 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 30th October 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM20183
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Middle Rasen (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF0888
Four figure Latitude: 53.377824
Four figure longitude: -0.377953
1:25K map: TF0888
1:10K map: TF08NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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