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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT

Unique ID: NLM5733

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Long pin, with round sections either side of a little cube shaped element with ring-dot. Possibly a suspension bar of some sort.

Notes:

Checked following Sophie Catley. Identification changed from 'Unassigned' to 'Unidentified Object'. Dating completed (unamended). Drawing ref. added.

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1066
Date to: AD 1300

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 73.9 mm
Width: 5.5 mm
Thickness: 3.2 mm
Weight: 5.4 g

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: NLM3059

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration method: Drilled
Decoration style: Geometric

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Keelby

Spatial coordinates

Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth less than 0.25 m

References cited

No references cited so far.

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Audit data

Recording Institution: NLM
Created: 22 years ago
Updated: 6 years ago

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