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WEIGHT
Unique ID: LANCUM-13BA26
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 47 mm
Width: 28 mm
Thickness: 51 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 2005
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lancashire (County)
District: Lancaster (District)
Parish or ward: Whittington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SD6076
Four figure Latitude: 54.178214
Four figure longitude: -2.614329
1:25K map: SD6076
1:10K map: SD67NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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