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CLOTH SEAL
Unique ID: DENO-7B6B44
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A post medieval cloth seal, possibly a Dutch Colchester seal dating to the period AD c.1571- c.1799 due to its large diameter (Egan 1992, 3). The cloth seal is roughly circular, and consists of two discs rivetted together. An impression of the rivet is visible on the opposite side to it, but otherwise the seal is too worn to see any markings on either side of the object. Diameter 32mm; Thickness 3.4mm; Weight 18.18g.
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 1571
Date to: Circa AD 1799
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3.4 mm
Weight: 18.18 g
Diameter: 32 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Derby E8588
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Derbyshire (County)
District: Amber Valley (District)
Parish or ward: Aldercar and Langley Mill (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK4447
Four figure Latitude: 53.0184978
Four figure longitude: -1.34554836
1:25K map: SK4447
1:10K map: SK44NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egan, G. | 1992 | Leaden Cloth Seals | Oxford | Finds Research Group 700 -1700 Datasheet 3 | 2 |
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