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TOY
Unique ID: YORYM-694172
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast lead toy of post-medieval date. The toy is sub-triangular with three raised bosses projecting from one face with shallow raised circumferential borders and a laddered border running around the edge. The opposite side is decorated with an inverted heart with two lines in the form of an "X" running through it. A laddered border is also present.
The metal has a dark greyish-brown colour and is worn. The object is 23.1mm long, 19.3mm wide, 3.8mm thick and weighs 4.6g.
A similar example is recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database as: LIN-F6B862.
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: 23.1 mm
Width: 19.3 mm
Thickness: 3.8 mm
Weight: 4.6 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Ryedale (District)
Parish or ward: Thornton-le-Clay (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE6765
Four figure Latitude: 54.076577
Four figure longitude: -0.977498
1:25K map: SE6765
1:10K map: SE66NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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