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CLOTH SEAL
Unique ID: LIN-DC86F2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast lead cloth seal of Post-Medieval date (around 1500-1900). The seal consists of two lead discs joined by a lead strip. The strip is bent, presumably through use-the seal would have been wrapped around a bag and the circular ends stamped to seal the contents. This process has left an impressed design on one disc, featuring a sheild and anchor motif.
There have been some losses from the seal, notably from the base of the decorated disc and from the lead strip. The metal has a stable, uniform patina of pale grey overlain by soil in places.
Class: Seal
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: 35.7 mm
Width: 32.2 mm
Thickness: 4.1 mm
Weight: 20.13 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 27th August 2011
Rally details.
This object was found at Central Searchers, Alford, Lincs
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 608
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Alford (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF4476
Four figure Latitude: 53.261461
Four figure longitude: 0.157404
1:25K map: TF4476
1:10K map: TF47NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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