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CLOTH SEAL
Unique ID: BH-C4B375
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Part of a post-Medieval lead-alloy cloth seal.
The surviving disc bears a relief-stamped coat-of-arms, surrounded by a circular rim, on the left-hand side of which is a capital letter 'R'. Between the top of the shield and the aforementioned line border there is a horizontal line of three pellets. The circumferential legend cannot be deciphered and the arms are also unidentified. A beaded ring extends around the circumference. Part of the connecting strip projects from the edge of the disc. The reverse has a central casting flash, projecting remnant of a second disc, and textile impressions.
Diameter: 19.8mm; thickness: 3.9mm. Weight: 3.35g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1750
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3.9 mm
Weight: 3.35 g
Diameter: 19.8 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 14th March 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 14/31 - 13
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Central Bedfordshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Central Bedfordshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Woburn
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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