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CLOTH SEAL
Unique ID: NARC-8CBB83
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Complete cloth seal. 16th to 17th century AD. Circular in plan with rectangular tag. Beaded border. Linear lines and two annulets as central motif. Possibly a worn initial. the reverse motif is possibly a wheatsheaf. Parallel not yet found.
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 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 32 mm
Weight: 9.1 g
Diameter: 20.4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 29th May 2011
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: Daventry (District)
Parish or ward: Preston Capes (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP5654
Four figure Latitude: 52.181417
Four figure longitude: -1.182394
1:25K map: SP5654
1:10K map: SP55SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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1 comment
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Paul Cannon wrote @ 20:30:33 on the 6th December 2011.
I believe that this is an Augsburg seal. The central motif is an ornate 'A' with annulets either side. The other face has a pine cone which can just be made out. There are very many varieties but compare with Geoff Egan (1994) Lead Cloth Seals & Related Items in the British Museum, no: 310.
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