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LOCKET
Unique ID: NLM-CA55F6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy locket. A pair of rhomboid plates with engrailed edges joined at a hinged fastening flanked by a pair of riveted loops. Both plates bear dense floral or vegetal ornament rendered in low relief, probably as a stamped decoration of thin sheet metal. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900.
Length: 32.2mm, Width: 26.8mm, Thickness (overall): 3.4mm, Weight: 7.02gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1800
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 32.2 mm
Width: 26.8 mm
Thickness: 3.4 mm
Weight: 7.02 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 5th January 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM27923
Materials and construction
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: Barnetby Le Wold (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TA0509
Four figure Latitude: 53.56711315
Four figure longitude: -0.41602035
1:25K map: TA0509
1:10K map: TA00NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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