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FIGURINE
Unique ID: LANCUM-CB4B90
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A reclining swan of uncertain date, possibly eighteenth or nineteenth century. The object is made of grey metal with a copper-alloy exterior which appears to have been gilded. No clear parallels were found for this object and it could be earlier possibly Roman. The length is 55mm, the width is 53mm and the weight 208.92g.
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 1700
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 55 mm
Width: 53 mm
Weight: 208.92 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 9th October 2017 - Monday 9th October 2017
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Blackburn with Darwen (Unitary Authority)
District: Blackburn with Darwen (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Pleasington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SD6426
Four figure Latitude: 53.72914568
Four figure longitude: -2.5471316
1:25K map: SD6426
1:10K map: SD62NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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