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DISC
Unique ID: NLM-5553D4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy disc. A cast concavo-convex disc with a sunken circumferential band on its outer, convex, face and an axial lug on its concave side. The lug has an aperture for a rod held in place by a notched lug at the edge of the disc. The object perhaps served as a handle.
Suggested date: Modern, 1850-1950.
Diameter: 42.6mm, Thickness (overall at centre): 13.9mm, Weight: 37.35gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MODERN
Period from: MODERN
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1850
Date to: Circa AD 1950
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 13.9 mm
Weight: 37.35 g
Diameter: 42.6 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 13th February 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM19779a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Burwell (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF3780
Four figure Latitude: 53.299245
Four figure longitude: 0.054258
1:25K map: TF3780
1:10K map: TF38SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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