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THIMBLE
Unique ID: NLM-0B3AC9
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Lead palm guard or sailmaker's glove. Cast D shaped plate of slightly plano-convex profile, with two deeply impressed circular patches in its convex side. The other side bears several scratches from what appears to have been a single brief episode of use. An unusually large example. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900.
Length: 82.5mm, Width: 55.2mm, Thickness: 7.7mm, Weight: c.220gms
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 1800
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 82.5 mm
Width: 55.2 mm
Thickness: 7.7 mm
Weight: 220 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 22nd March 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM32009
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Hambleton (District)
To be known as: Stillington
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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