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NAIL
Unique ID: NLM-1CFE35
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Iron nail. Wrought iron nail with a domed or facetted head of height 8mm and width/diameter 13.5mm and a maximum shank width of 8mm; the tip is lost at a break which reveals a square section metal core. Suggested date: Unknown, Roman to Post-Medieval, 40-1800.
Length: 71mm, Width (head): 13.5mm, Weight: 14.27gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 40
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 71 mm
Width: 13.5 mm
Weight: 14.27 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 2nd September 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM21466a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Winteringham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9420
Four figure Latitude: 53.668037
Four figure longitude: -0.57874
1:25K map: SE9420
1:10K map: SE92SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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