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HOOK
Unique ID: NLM605
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Ornamental hook, big, openwork. Two holes for screwing onto something.
Notes:
Checked by MF following Sophie Catley. Dating completed [unamended]; drawing ref. added.
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1485
Date to: AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 60 mm
Width: 39 mm
Weight: 22.85 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 18th February 1998
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLPS0681 nlm00681
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Openwork
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: WEST LINDSEY
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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