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LACE TAG
Unique ID: PUBLIC-5161D5
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy lace chape or tag, of medieval dating (AD 1300 to AD 1500).
The chape is made from a single piece of rectangular sectioned metal which has been rolled to form a tapering tube with an overlapped seam, open at both ends. The chape is incomplete and undecorated, there are no attachment holes present.
The chape is 43 mm long, 8 mm in diameter at the top tapering to 6.5 mm at the base, and weighs 8.0 g.
The chape is a mid green colour, with an uneven surface patina.
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 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 43 mm
Thickness: 0.5 mm
Weight: 8 g
Diameter: 8 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Skendleby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF4369
Four figure Latitude: 53.1988537
Four figure longitude: 0.13928625
1:25K map: TF4369
1:10K map: TF46NW
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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