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SEAL
Unique ID: NCL-56B2F3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast lead-alloy bag seal of Post-Medieval date, c. 1660-1800.
The seal is octagonal and retains four holes from the lines that it originally sealed. One face bears a shield with a cross on it and pellets in the upper quarters of the cross, all contained in a circular beaded border, in relief. The opposite face reads in two lines in relief 12 K/AT.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1660
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 19.9 mm
Width: 18.26 mm
Thickness: 4.64 mm
Weight: 10.8 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 28th August 2012 - Tuesday 9th October 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Hambleton (District)
Parish or ward: Bedale (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE2687
Four figure Latitude: 54.277987
Four figure longitude: -1.602201
1:25K map: SE2687
1:10K map: SE28NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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