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THIMBLE
Unique ID: NLM-A1634B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy thimble fragment. Pressed metal thimble fragment with a broad plain foot ring with a central circumferential band of rouletted decoration, and with the rest of the wall occupied by machine stamped circular pits which appear to ascend diagonally in left to right rows. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900.
Height: 16mm, Width: 14mm, Thickness (wall): 0.6mm, Weight: 0.60gms
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: 16 mm
Width: 14 mm
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 0.6 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 19th March 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM32121
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: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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