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RING
Unique ID: NLM-52A687
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy ring, possibly for harness though lacking the typically and originally angular section of many examples, and with a slight lug or broadening at two opposed points on its circumference. Suggested date: Unknown, Medieval to Post-Medieval, 1200-1800.
Diameter: 29.5mm, Band width (clear of 'lugs')3.3mm, Band Thickness: 2.7mm, Weight: 3.93gms.
Class: possibly harness
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Width: 3.3 mm
Thickness: 2.7 mm
Weight: 3.93 g
Diameter: 29.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 21st November 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM22179a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Uncertain
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Bigby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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