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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: LVPL-3A1477
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete lead alloy object probably dating to the Post-Medieval period. The object is sub-rectangular in plan and rectangular in cross-section. One face of the object is stamped with a shield shaped stamp bearing a lion rampant left above which are the initials W I. A sub-rectangular perforation has been punched through the object at one corner of the shield. The rear of the object is stamped with five hearts irregularly spaced. The object has a mid white patina and is worn. The exact function of the object is unknown however it may have been a piece of lead waste which was used as a practice piece.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28.26 mm
Width: 20.75 mm
Thickness: 2.62 mm
Weight: 10.9 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st March 2013
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cheshire East (Unitary Authority)
District: Cheshire East (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Nantwich
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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