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CANDLESTICK
Unique ID: NMS-8ED0A7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Late medieval or early post-medieval copper alloy candlestick. Cylindricle socket with slight moulding near upper edge and at least three pairs of incised grooves, tapering sharply at the base to form a circular-sectioned stem with two moulded triangular-sectioned ribs, flaring slightly at the base before the narrowed, socketed end to fit the (missing) separate base. Diameter of socket 24mm. Total height 142mm. 15th - 16th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 142 mm
Diameter: 24 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 8th October 2012 - Monday 8th October 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IND08102012ED
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF4223
Four figure Latitude: 52.785901
Four figure longitude: 0.104141
1:25K map: TF4223
1:10K map: TF42SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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