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RIVET
Unique ID: LANCUM-0D06FF
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy sheet rivet dating from the medieval or early post-medieval period, that is c. AD1200-1600.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 40.47 mm
Width: 9.49 mm
Weight: 5.89 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 18th May 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: Boston (District)
To be known as: Boston
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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