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SHIELD
Unique ID: FAKL-929576
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
Remains of an iron shield boss of Dickinson and Harke Group 1.2. Cone 116.6mm diameter, concave sided with a central spike. Deeply carinated with a 164.7mm diameter flange of which 25% survives. Two of the original five 4.8mm diameter holes survive.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 470
Date to: Circa AD 550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 72 mm
Thickness: 3.5 mm
Weight: 340.7 g
Diameter: 164.7 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 388
Materials and construction
Primary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: North Kesteven (District)
To be known as: North Kesteven
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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