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CLOTH SEAL

Unique ID: LIN-C611D5

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A post medieval lead cloth seal, dating to the period c. AD 1550-1650. The cloth seal comprises two circular disks, joined together at their centres. One disk is mostly intact, although missing parts of its edge due to old breaks, and bears the inscription XXIX[...]. Of the second disk little remains aside from a section of the centre depicting a portcullis, and the section depicting the crown is now missing. The crown over portcullis type is thought to date from the reign of Elizabeth I (Egan, G. (2001) in P. Saunders (ed.) p.60).

The cloth seal measures 15.26mm in diameter, 2.83mm in thickness and weighs 2.60g.

Cf. Egan, G. (2001) in P. Saunders (ed.) p.81, fig. 22, no. 86

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 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1650

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.83 mm
Weight: 2.6 g
Diameter: 15.26 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st August 2013

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: South Kesteven (District)
Parish or ward: Pickworth (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TF0434
Four figure Latitude: 52.89339991
Four figure longitude: -0.45555849
1:25K map: TF0434
1:10K map: TF03SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

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Created: 8 years ago
Updated: 8 years ago

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