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PENCIL
Unique ID: NLM-0027FD
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Slate pencil. A round section rod with chatter marks along a flattened facet, probably machined but worn smooth elsewhere; broken at both ends. This would be a typical item of schoolroom equipment from the later 19th century into the early 20th. Suggested date: Post-Medieval to Modern, 1875-1925.
Length: 33.9mm, Diameter: 5mm, Weight: 1.70gms
Class: Slate
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1875
Date to: Circa AD 1925
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33.9 mm
Weight: 1.7 g
Diameter: 5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 11th August 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM36957
Materials and construction
Primary material: Stone
Manufacture method: Ground/polished
Completeness: Fragment
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: Walcot
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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