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METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Unique ID: NLM-F6F614
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy,two fragments of manufacturing waste, (a) and (b). One (a) is a lump of copper alloy melt weighing 10.78gms; the other (b) may be a fragment of a small tongue-shaped ingot, which is 26.3mm long, 26.6mm wide, 8.3mm thick and weighs 22.39gms. As the latter is broken on two sides, no inference can be drawn from its weight, but small ingots of similar thickness are sometimes ascribed to Late Iron Age activity. Suggested date: Late Iron Age to Post-Medieval, 300 BC- AD 1800.
Total weight: 48.99gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa 300 BC
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 2
Weight: 48.99 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 11th November 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM16221a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Bigby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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