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CLOTH SEAL
Unique ID: PUBLIC-DBE293
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A four disc, lead alloy cloth seal, dating from the early post-Medieval period, about 1662-5 It consists of four thin discs connected in sequence by narrow, thin strips.The disc at one end of the row has a circular perforation and that at the opposite end an integral spike. The strip of metal between the two central discs is then folded over so that the spike on one end passes through the perforation at the other. The two central discs are then impressed with a design. On the perforation side there is a faded image of a shield with a horizontal stripe and possibly two birds. On the other, it has a faded date of 166 and either 5 or 2 as the last figure of the date, on the bottom disc it has vertical lines.
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 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33.34 mm
Weight: 8.37 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: North Kesteven (District)
Parish or ward: Wellingore (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK9756
Four figure Latitude: 53.09240573
Four figure longitude: -0.55297807
1:25K map: SK9756
1:10K map: SK95NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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