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Unique ID: KENT-D118F3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Folded lead sheet with relief crown motif on smaller, rounded, half and 9 attachment holes on larger, sub-rectangular half. This object is a Hanoverian military tailcoat fitting, dating to the 18th century.
Notes:
A similar example is said to have been found in the same field.
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 1714
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28.94 mm
Width: 24.18 mm
Thickness: 13.56 mm
Weight: 14.53 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 17th July 2004
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Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Folkestone and Hythe (District)
Parish or ward: Newington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ8565
Four figure Latitude: 51.353952
Four figure longitude: 0.655478
1:25K map: TQ8565
1:10K map: TQ86NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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