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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: LEIC-E48291
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Undated copper alloy object, 62mm long, 8mm wide at widest, 2mm thick with a weight of 5.41grams. The object consists of a tapering shaft which terminates at 2mm wide, and has a slightly D shaped cross section. The object is undecorated and has been bent slightly near its centre. It would appear to be a component of a larger, as yet unidentified object.
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: 62 mm
Width: 8 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 5.41 g
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Charnwood (District)
Parish or ward: Barrow upon Soar (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK5618
Four figure Latitude: 52.75671615
Four figure longitude: -1.17166659
1:25K map: SK5618
1:10K map: SK51NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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