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METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Unique ID: NLM-60BC70Z
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy metalworking debris. Lump of copper alloy melt which has been rapidly poured into, and has solidified in, a small hollow. The casting of ingots of lead and other metals in this way has been remarked at various periods, though it seems improbable to this reporter that this quantity of viable metal would be abandoned had this activity taken place in Prehistory or the Early Medieval period - though in the former era the chthonic properties of such a position might have been deemed significant. Medieval or Post-Medieval bell casting could take place in peripheral locations, as might the recycling of metal pots and pans. This would involve greater quantities of metal, against which the abandonment of this quantity would appear less prodigal. Suggested date: Unknown, possible Medieval to Post-Medieval, 1100-1800.
Length: 100mm, Width: 82mm, Thickness: 34mm, Weight: 435gms
Notes:
Formerly known as NLM-60BC70, which was a duplicate ID caused by system error.
Class: Copper alloy Casting
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1100
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 100 mm
Width: 82 mm
Thickness: 34 mm
Weight: 435 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2012 - Monday 31st December 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM25368a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Springthorpe (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK8789
Four figure Latitude: 53.39068049
Four figure longitude: -0.69325938
1:25K map: SK8789
1:10K map: SK88NE
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
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