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CLOTH SEAL
Unique ID: NLM-952D32
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead cloth seal. Cast disc linked to a ring through which a circular tab is inserted. A stamped motif, apparently a gridiron form such as a portcullis, and possibly crowned, appears within an outer circle; there may be a circumferential legend, though now unclear. The crowned portcullis denotes Norwich, which generated prodigious numbers of cloth seals in the early post-medieval period. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1650.
Diameter: 21.9mm, Thickness (overall): 3.7mm, Weight (with trapped soil): 6.19gms.
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 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3.7 mm
Weight: 6.19 g
Diameter: 21.9 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 28th May 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM29064
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Decoration style: Heraldic
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Alkborough
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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