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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: SWYOR-8B54C4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An unidentified object, probably of Post Medieval to modern date (AD 1600 - 1900), but with some similarities to Iron Age material dating from 400 BC - AD 42. It is a solid sub-cuboid shape, made of lead alloy. The cube has slightly convex upper and lower faces and four slightly concave sides with rounded corners, giving the shape a four-lobed appearence. Each of the concave sides is marked with two curved ridges which are integrally moulded. The ridges are curved, being closer together in the centre of the each face and flaring outwards towards the edges. The surface of the object is laminating and much has flaked off the upper and lower faces. There is no clear evidence of attachment, though any may have been obscured by the damage to the upper and lower faces. There is a slight sub-circular depression in the lower face, but this may be damage. The object is 16.2mm long, 16.1mm wide and 15mm thick. It weighs 16.17gm.
The curved line decoration could perhaps suggest an Iron Age date, though this is not certain. More likely is a Post Medieval or Modern pin head or hat-pin head. Compare NLM-0876E6 which is Post Medieval.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa 400 BC
Date to: Circa AD 1950
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 16.2 mm
Width: 16.1 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight: 16.17 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 10th January 2016 - Sunday 10th January 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 2808
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Uncertain
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Doncaster (Metropolitan District)
District: Doncaster (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Marr (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE5105
Four figure Latitude: 53.53917884
Four figure longitude: -1.23192322
1:25K map: SE5105
1:10K map: SE50NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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