NLM-BCD77D: Post-Medieval Seed Drill Spoon

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SCOOP

Unique ID: NLM-BCD77D

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Copper alloy seed drill scoop. Cast hemispherical bowl on the end of a slightly tapered round-section stem which is broken across a constriction at its wider end. From the rotating drum of a seed drill, intended to lift individual seeds from a hopper. These common finds from the later part of the Agricultural Revolution are frequently misidentified as 'apothecary' or pharmaceutical measuring spoons. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900.

Length: 39.9mm, Diameter (bowl): 7.7mm, Thickness (stem): 6.4mm, Weight: 6.05g.

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: 39.9 mm
Thickness: 6.4 mm
Weight: 6.05 g
Diameter: 7.7 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 13th March 2017

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: NLM35657

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Roxby cum Risby (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SE9115
Four figure Latitude: 53.62363868
Four figure longitude: -0.62559342
1:25K map: SE9115
1:10K map: SE91NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: NLM
Created: 7 years ago
Updated: 4 years ago

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