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POWDER MEASURE
Unique ID: SOM-7A5F63
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast lead powder charger cap of probable seventeenth century date. The cap is squashed but originally circular with an open end and flat top. There are two loops set opposite each other on the top of the cap.
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 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 22.2 mm
Width: 16.9 mm
Weight: 22 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 16th September 2007
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Corfe Castle Rally Reference Number: 810
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: Purbeck (District)
To be known as: Corfe Castle
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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