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KNIFE
Unique ID: LIN-AF3764
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A post-medieval copper-alloy ferrule from a knife. The ferrule is cylindrical with an oval opening at one end and a rectangular slot at the other.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 14 mm
Width: 13 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st April 2012
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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: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Welton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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