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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: NLM-2EB063
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy unidentified object. Cast object with two convergent branches, one seriffed at its end and the other partly lost. Untrimmed casting flash appears along the inner edges of the branches. The configuration resembles an angular letter V, part broken, though the flash may suggest the object was never completed or used. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1800.
Length: 44mm, Width: 31mm, Thickness: 3.2mm, Weight: 6.42gms.
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 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 44 mm
Width: 31 mm
Thickness: 3.2 mm
Weight: 6.42 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 27th October 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM30580
Materials and construction
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.
References cited
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