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PIN
Unique ID: NLM-0D9DE7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead pin head. Cast spherical pin head with an opening of c.4mm across for a separate shank (now lost). Suggested date: Post-Medieval;, 1500-1600.
Diameter: 10mm, Height (in line with lost shank): 9.1mm, Weight (with trapped soil): 3.20gms.
Class: Head
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 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 9.1 mm
Weight: 3.2 g
Diameter: 10 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 6th September 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM26780a
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: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Muckton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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