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WATCH
Unique ID: NLM-0CA60A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy watch winder fragment. Cast ring with the stub of a narrower lug serving as a winding key and a thicker lug opposite to serve as a swivel attachment to a fob. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900.
Length: 18.4mm, Width: 12.8mm, Thickness: 3.1mm, Weight: 2.11gms.
Class: Winder
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
Length: 18.4 mm
Width: 12.8 mm
Thickness: 3.1 mm
Weight: 2.11 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 5th December 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM31296
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Legbourne
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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