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CLOTH SEAL

Unique ID: SOMDOR-EDA9E4

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A two-part cast lead cloth seal of probable late sixteenth or early seventeenth century date. The seal measures 28.61mm by 20.45mm by 3.18mm and weighs 7.26g. The first disc is scratched with letters which appear to read P nig| (very uncertain). The second disc has a crude EB or ER privy mark. The scratches are likely to be the name of an artisan weaver (with the name Night or something similar), while the stamped mark would be the initials of a capital-owning clothier.

Notes:

This seal is one of a group of 22 cloth seals which were discovered over an area which was formerly a single field in Cerne Abbas, Dorset. The assemblage probably relates to the consumption of cloth rather than its production, unless they came to be deposited during a finishing process carried out in the immediate locality, such as fulling or dyeing.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1650

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 28.61 mm
Width: 20.45 mm
Thickness: 3.18 mm
Weight: 7.26 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 31st December 2004

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: West Dorset (District)
To be known as: Cerne Abbas

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Other
Specific landuse: Built over

References cited

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Recording Institution: SOMDOR
Created: 18 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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