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CLOTH SEAL
Unique ID: SOM-B64241
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post Medieval lead alloy two-disc type cloth seal. Part of one disc remains with the central rivet which would have attached the discs together. The disks and connecting strip have broken away with patinated breaks. The piece has a raised stamped design on one side of a central motif, possibly a letter B or D within a pelleted inner circle encircled by a legend, possibly [...]W[...] or V. The other side is plain or worn. It is now 13.5mm by 12.3mm, 3.6mm thick and it weighs 2.16 grams.
From the limited amount of the design visible it has not been possible to identify it but the general style is similar to alnage seals dating to the late Medieval to Post Medieval periods.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1750
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 13.5 mm
Width: 12.3 mm
Thickness: 3.6 mm
Weight: 2.16 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st April 2013 - Tuesday 30th April 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 22463
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: West Somerset (District)
To be known as: Carhampton CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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