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WEIGHT
Unique ID: NARC-08CF43
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30 mm
Weight: 70 g
Diameter: 21 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 30th March 2008
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: Daventry (District)
Parish or ward: Norton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP6062
Four figure Latitude: 52.252912
Four figure longitude: -1.122484
1:25K map: SP6062
1:10K map: SP66SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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