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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: IOW-84EE92
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete probable post-Medieval unidentified object (1500-1800).
This object is sub-rectangular in plan and cross-section. at one end a fleur-de-lis terminal has open fleurs. At the opposite end there is iron staining around an oblique break. Both faces of the shaft are very slightly concave.
This object has no patina and the metal is reddish brown with off-white and pale green deposits. The break is old.
Length: 77.1mm; width of fleur-de-lis: 15.6mm; width of shaft: 8.7mm; thickness of shaft: 2.7mm. Weight: 9.30g.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1500
Date to: Exactly AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 77.1 mm
Width: 15.6 mm
Thickness: 2.7 mm
Weight: 9.3 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 11th May 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2014-1-178
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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