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SHEARS
Unique ID: LVPL-79F543
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
One half of a pair of possible shears or knife of uncertain date. The object is iron with a slightly curved blade and a rectangular-sectioned tang. The tang is in line with the upper edge of the object. The cutting edge measures 6.29mm thick while the tang is 3.44mm thick and 7.00mm wide. The object is heavily encrusted with iron corrosion obscuring any detail and therefore cannot be dated with certainty.
Dimensions: 128.41mm in length, 30.28mm in width, 10.90mm thick, 98.3g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: UNKNOWN
Period to: UNKNOWN
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 128.41 mm
Width: 30.28 mm
Thickness: 10.9 mm
Weight: 98.3 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st June 2015 - Thursday 18th June 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Welshampton and Lyneal
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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