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KEY (LOCKING)
Unique ID: LIN-806CF4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
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 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1750
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 108 mm
Diameter: 8 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF4591
Four figure Latitude: 53.395922
Four figure longitude: 0.179242
1:25K map: TF4591
1:10K map: TF49SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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