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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: NLM4740
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A flat, roughly fleur-de-lys shaped object. The lower end is shaped as a spike. The purpose of the object is unknown, but there are two of it.
Notes:
Checked following Sophie Catley. Dating completed with terminal date of 1650 added. Drawing ref. added. The finder is listed as 'Chris Unknown'.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1300
Date to: AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 2
Length: 30.9 mm
Width: 27.7 mm
Thickness: 2.2 mm
Weight: 3.85 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 5th July 1999
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM2305
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Horncastle
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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