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CLOTH SEAL

Unique ID: IOW-0DDF13

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

A cast lead cloth seal of Post-Medieval date. Late sixteenth or very early seventeenth century (c. AD 1550 - c. AD 1605). Disc 1 Burred over rivet head: Portcullis with surrounding placename missing. disc 2: XXV. The 25 (possibly incomplete) is presumably the pounds weight or the yards length.

Notes:

This seal is one of the basic county series, in which just the placename around the main device changed (and in this case is offstruck) - known for more than a dozen counties now (2007).

Find of note status

This has been noted as an interesting find by the recorder.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1605

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 15 mm
Width: 17 mm
Thickness: 2.8 mm
Weight: 3.87 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 4th February 2007

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: IOW2007-1-72

Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Discovery circumstances: Metal detecting rally
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth greater than 0.25m

References cited

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Recording Institution: IOW
Created: 17 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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