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THIMBLE
Unique ID: LIN-0FFF62
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Post-Medieval silver thimble. This thimble has a closed top and is now squashed and cracked. The head is undecorated. The upper portion is decorated with machine-made hexagonal indentations. The lower part bears a band filled with two borders of a double dotted line. Inside, there is an undulating ribbon, on a sligthly squared motif background.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1650
Date to: Circa AD 1750
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 23 mm
Width: 20.5 mm
Thickness: 0.3 mm
Weight: 2.4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 4th April 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Welton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF0080
Four figure Latitude: 53.307512
Four figure longitude: -0.500689
1:25K map: TF0080
1:10K map: TF08SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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