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CLASP
Unique ID: NLM-C7AC25
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy clasp. A tiny folding clasp comprising a trapezoid frame with bowed sides and straight ends and with a sheet metal closure [thickness 0.8mm] wrapped around one end. A separate square of sheet metal, with an incised cross, is brazed to the closure strip, presumably to reinforce this fragile moving part. Suggested date: Medieval, 1300-1450.
Length: 13.1mm, Height: 10.8mm, Thickness (frame): 2.4mm, Weight: 1.25gms
Class: Folding
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 13.1 mm
Height: 10.8 mm
Thickness: 2.4 mm
Weight: 1.25 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 10th April 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM35980
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: near Gainsborough
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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