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FERRULE
Unique ID: NLM-F30921
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy
Fitting. A thick curved cast object, possibly bent around a former or the edge of another object. Three sharply moulded circumferential ribs are set centrally on its convex surface; the central rib expands forming a triangular field at each edge, where it is flanked by the other two ribs. Suggested date: Late Iron Age, 300 BC to 100 AD.
Length/Height: 15.17mm, Thickness: 3.63mm, Weight: 9.50gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa 300 BC
Date to: Circa AD 100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 15.17 mm
Thickness: 3.63 mm
Weight: 9.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st January 2007 - Monday 31st December 2007
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM14611
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Winterton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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