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SEAL
Unique ID: DUR-C2ECF0
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead Post Medieval cloth seal.
It is complete but worn with only a privy mark just visible on one face. Privy marks were the initials of the people who attached the seal, they were overlain and could be a mixture of a few peoples names so it is very difficult to pin them down to a particular group or workshop.
Notes:
Bankhead no. 264
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 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 22 mm
Weight: 7.2 g
Diameter: 17 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 22nd October 2008
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: No. 264
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: North East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: County Durham (Unitary Authority)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: NZ2742
Four figure Latitude: 54.7722
Four figure longitude: -1.581826
1:25K map: NZ2742
1:10K map: NZ24SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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