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CLOTH SEAL
Unique ID: NARC-D549D6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Circular lead cloth seal. Very worn. Late post-medieval. Geoff Egan says of the legend: "The visible part of the legend appears to read (?) S:PRO NORTH... (This) could perhaps be Northampton, or possibly something along the lines of half a Northern cloth?"
Central motif is very worn. Appears to be a portcullis, possibly with two characters either side. Geoff Egan has suggested that two stamps may be superimposed onto each other. He adds" This looks like the stamp of an official two-disc seal of the later C16th".
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: County / local importance
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight: 9.37 g
Diameter: 18 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 24th October 2009
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Bedford (Unitary Authority)
District: Bedford (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Harrold (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP9458
Four figure Latitude: 52.21221
Four figure longitude: -0.625658
1:25K map: SP9458
1:10K map: SP95NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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