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CLOTH SEAL
Unique ID: HAMP-FED1B3
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Published 
A worn and damaged cast lead possible cloth seal of late medieval or early post-medieval date (c. 1485-c. 1700 AD). On the upper surface the object is broadly circular with some squared-off cuts. Initials are moulded in low relief at its centre: 'HR', where the 'H' is ligated with the 'R'; above is what appears to be a crown. On the other side it is too worn to discern what the decoration is, if any; this side has been cut into a sub-square shape. The object now remains light grey in colour due to the corrosion process. It has been bent in profile.
It is possible that the HR refers to Henry VII or VIII.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1485
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28 mm
Width: 20.1 mm
Thickness: 3.15 mm
Weight: 10.6 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 13th November 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: E3229
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Winchester (District)
Parish or ward: Durley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU5016
Four figure Latitude: 50.941281
Four figure longitude: -1.289728
1:25K map: SU5016
1:10K map: SU51NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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