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CLOTH SEAL
Unique ID: GLO-70FE21
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead cloth seal comprising two circular discs that are joined by a central rivet that is integral to one disc and pierces the front face of the other, a rectangular connecting strip on one edge joins both discs together. On the obverse is a large crowned portcullis flanked by the initials E R, probably for Elizabeth I (c.1558-1603 AD). The reverse is worn which has removed any detail.
See SF-E80328, NMS-4333F2, IOW-C94DC2 or LIN-DA5901 for similar examples
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 1558
Date to: Circa AD 1603
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 25 mm
Width: 19 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 6.54 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 2015 - Friday 1st August 2014
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: South Gloucestershire (Unitary Authority)
District: South Gloucestershire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Tortworth (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST7092
Four figure Latitude: 51.62601019
Four figure longitude: -2.43477841
1:25K map: ST7092
1:10K map: ST79SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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