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BUTTON
Unique ID: NLM-1C3313
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead button fragment. Cast oval button with rust spot on the back suggesting the loss of a separate drawn iron wire loop; the button front appears gently plano-convex when viewed in profile. The area around the putative loop is indented in a possibly lobed figure, and a rim also appears on the back. Save for more severe deterioration of the metal at the centre, there is no indication of decoration on the front. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1700.
Length: 23.6mm, Width: 16mm, Thickness: 4.2mm, Weight: 5.84gms.
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
Length: 23.6 mm
Width: 16 mm
Thickness: 4.2 mm
Weight: 5.84 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 2nd February 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM31425
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.
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