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NAIL
Unique ID: LANCUM-9C2525
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Like the other iron nails and vessel fragments recorded from the 'Maryport area', this one was also found close to Roman sherds and cremated bone.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: AD 200
Date to: AD 400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 24 mm
Width: 12 mm
Weight: 2.17 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 2005
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cumbria (County)
District: Allerdale (District)
To be known as: Maryport
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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