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HINGE
Unique ID: NLM-805074
Object type certainty: Possibly
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status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy and iron possible hinge fragment. Sheet metal plate, pointed at one end and apparently rolled around a steel spindle, now corroded, at the other. A pair of small flat headed steel tacks, of head diameter 4.5mm, have been casually punched through the metal to attach it to another object. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1660-1800.
Length: 21.0mm, Width: 10.7mm, Thickness (clear of ferrous components): 1.3mm, Weight: 1.21gms.
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 1660
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 21 mm
Width: 10.7 mm
Thickness: 1.3 mm
Weight: 1.21 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 12th May 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM29044
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Binbrook
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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