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CLOTH SEAL
Unique ID: BH-7165A3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A lead-alloy cloth seal of post-Medieval date.
The seal comprises two sub-oval discs and a folded connecting strip. At the centre of one of the discs is a letter 'T', stamped in negative relief; the surface of the other disc has the stamped numerals '5 7 9', arranged in an inverted-triangular formation.
Length: 31.9mm; width: 18.7mm; thickness: 3.6mm; weight: 8.6g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 31.9 mm
Width: 18.7 mm
Thickness: 3.6 mm
Weight: 8.6 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 15th September 2013
Rally details.
This object was found at Thesaurus Group at Offley, Hertfordshire, September 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: TLB 2013 - 81
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: North Hertfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Offley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL1324
Four figure Latitude: 51.90309165
Four figure longitude: -0.35892861
1:25K map: TL1324
1:10K map: TL12SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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