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BUTTON
Unique ID: LIN-9241D1
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A post-medieval lead button. The button is circular in plan, plano-convex and decorated with moulded pellets and lines representing a flower head. An integral loop is located on the reverse.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 7 mm
Diameter: 24 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st April 2010
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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)
To be known as: Nettleham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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