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TACK
Unique ID: NLM-B64447
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy tacks. Six upholstery tacks, four with discoid concavo-convex heads of diameter 11.8mm-10.8mm and with square section shanks up to 9mm long; and two tack fragments with smaller flat heads. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900.
Combined Weight: 5.27gms.
Class: Upholstery
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 1800
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 6
Weight: 5.27 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 2nd September 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM27627
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Swinhope
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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