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CLOTH SEAL
Unique ID: LIN-4B90A3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A small incomplete lead cloth seal dating to the Post Medieval period. The object would have originally been comprised of two circular discs and a connecting strip, both of which are now missing. One disc remains and is completely worn.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Diameter: 13 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 9th February 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Welton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF0079
Four figure Latitude: 53.29852639
Four figure longitude: -0.5010041
1:25K map: TF0079
1:10K map: TF07NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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