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FURNITURE FITTING
Unique ID: NLM561
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Published 
Cross shaped sheet metal, upper three arms end in trefoils.
Notes:
Checked by MF following Sophie Catley. Dating added: Unknown, Medieval to Post-Medieval, 1200-1650; drawing ref. added.
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1200
Date to: AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 69.4 mm
Width: 47.1 mm
Thickness: 0.4 mm
Weight: 3.93 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 10th February 1998
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLPS0638 nlm00638
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: EAST LINDSEY
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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