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BOOK FITTING
Unique ID: NLM-8C1D0A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy book fitting, a catch-piece of Howsam type A.6. Sheet metal plate with a straight-sided central part and expanded at either end: one end bears a pair of tabs which are tightly rolled to retain the spindle [now lost] for a hinged fastening; the other end is engrailed at its sides and end with a drilled fixing hole of diameter 2.8mm. The object has been bent into a curl, a form unrelated to its working life. Suggested date: late medieval or early post-medieval, 1400-1650.
Length (as found): 29.9mm, Width: 22.7mm, Thickness: 0.6mm, Weight: 4.08g.
Class:
clasp
Sub class: Howsam type A.6.2
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 29.9 mm
Width: 22.7 mm
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 4.08 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 8th March 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM35836
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Messingham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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