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THIMBLE
Unique ID: NLM-0C651A
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy thimble. Pressed metal conical thimble with a plain lower wall and the upper wall covered with finely machine stamped circular pits appearing arranged in left to right ascending lines. The top, which is heavily stained by ferrous corrosion, appears to have had smaller pits in concentric circles. The base of the wall is frayed. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900.
Diameter: c.17mm, Height: 22.2mm, Thickness (wall): 0.3mm, Weight: 3.53gms.
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 1850
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 22.2 mm
Thickness: 0.3 mm
Weight: 3.53 g
Diameter: 17 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 12th December 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM31290
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Burwell
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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