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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: LANCUM-CDF485
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Cast lead alloy unidentified object, possibly a weight or a stamp, dating from the post-medieval or modern period, that is the 16th-19th centuries.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Exactly AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 41.8 mm
Width: 18.5 mm
Weight: 71.36 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st June 2016
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cumbria (County)
District: Allerdale (District)
To be known as: Silloth
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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