NMS-70603A: Post Medieval cloth seal fragment

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CLOTH SEAL

Unique ID: NMS-70603A

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Worn or eroded fragment of lead alloy alnage cloth seal. It is sub-circular and is in all likelihood the rivet end of the seal that has been squashed flat by the matrix. Visible on the outside face of the seal is a chained portcullis design that was popular from the late Elizabethan period. The portcullis was an emblem of the Tudor dynasty and was stipulated by Elizabeth I to be stamped on cloth seals (S, Elton. Cloth seals, an illustrated reference guide to the identification of lead seals attached to cloth. page 218). Circa AD1570-1700.

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 1570
Date to: Circa AD 1700

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 16.1 mm
Width: 16.9 mm
Thickness: 2.1 mm
Weight: 2.21 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 10th November 2018 - Saturday 10th November 2018

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Other reference numbers

SMR reference number: Cambs
Other reference: INDPH10122020HG

Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: Huntingdonshire (District)
Parish or ward: Brington and Molesworth (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TL0676
Four figure Latitude: 52.37180033
Four figure longitude: -0.44443818
1:25K map: TL0676
1:10K map: TL07NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

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Recording Institution: NMS
Created: 2 years ago
Updated: 2 years ago

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