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PILGRIM BADGE
Unique ID: LIN-FF8C5C
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A possible fragment of a medieval, lead pilgrim badge. The item is currently crescent-shaped, though appears to have been circular. Approximately one-third of the item survives. The item was openwork, and comprises a tail-like swirl to the right. A flat panel is located to the left, within which is visible a vertical moulded line. Behind this are possibly further details, but these are illegible. The reverse is flat. It is possible, given the 'tail', that this is a fragment of a badge depicting St George spearing the dragon.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 34 mm
Width: 17 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 4.84 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 2015 - Sunday 1st March 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Hogsthorpe (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF5370
Four figure Latitude: 53.20505513
Four figure longitude: 0.28934084
1:25K map: TF5370
1:10K map: TF57SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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