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BOLT (LOCK)
Unique ID: NLM-05DBDA
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy slide bolt fragment. Cast openwork bar, stepped at one projecting end and with paired plates at right angles with ribs between them defining a series of triangular spaces in a series which is interrupted by a break at the other end. Suggested date: Roman, 43-410.
Length: 33.3mm, Height: 12.5mm, Width: 6.2mm, Weight: 6.36gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Undergoing further examination at a museum
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33.3 mm
Height: 12.5 mm
Width: 6.2 mm
Weight: 6.36 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st January 1996 - Monday 31st December 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM25614a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Openwork
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: South Ferriby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9922
Four figure Latitude: 53.68508501
Four figure longitude: -0.50245302
1:25K map: SE9922
1:10K map: SE92SE
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
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