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CLOTH SEAL
Unique ID: NLM-E1AB0E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Possible Lead Cloth Seal fragment. Cast disc with stub of a tab or sprue on one edge. Featureless and patinated overall; possibly the back plate from a cloth seal. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1550-1750.
Diameter: 19.4mm, Thickness: 1.7mm, Weight: 4.08gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1750
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.7 mm
Weight: 4.08 g
Diameter: 19.4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 24th June 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM25833
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North East Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North East Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Ravendale
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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