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CLOTH SEAL
Unique ID: DUR-5D0497
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Four disc lead late Medieval- Post Medieval cloth seal, unused, dating to 1400- 1800.
It is complete, and has been folded in half, but not put together, and not stamped with any design. Disc 1 has the conical stud on the reverse, which fits through the hole of Disc 4. The seal has been folded at the connecting strip between Discs 2 and 3. Each of the discs is sub-circular.
Without any markings on it is not possible to date this example more closely as cloth seals were used over a long period of time.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30.63 mm
Height: 13.59 mm
Weight: 10.9 g
Diameter: 11.88 mm
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: North East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: County Durham (Unitary Authority)
District: County Durham (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Brignall (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: NZ0712
Four figure Latitude: 54.50327
Four figure longitude: -1.89342
1:25K map: NZ0712
1:10K map: NZ01SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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