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BUTTON
Unique ID: NLM-88FAF2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead button or cloak fastener. Cast discoid button with a slightly dished concave front with bevelled border and the stub of a thick [9.5mm] integrally cast shank on the back, broken across a loop. An object of this size and weight is more likely to have functioned as a cloak fastener than as a button. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1700.
Diameter: 32.6mm, Height: 15.6mm, Thickness (front): 4.7mm, Weight: 41.33gms.
Class: Cloak Fastener
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 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 15.6 mm
Thickness: 4.7 mm
Weight: 41.33 g
Diameter: 32.6 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 26th October 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM30333
Materials and construction
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: Haxey
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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