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CLOTH SEAL
Unique ID: DEV-74C02F
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A Post-medieval lead 2-part cloth seal, probably dating to c. AD 1600-1800. The sela comprises of two discs of lead connecting by a rectangular connecting strip, with one disc having an integral rivet pressed through an aperture on the other. Disc-1 is stamped with 3 / COADE / 84 (the latter being upside down. Disc-2 is plain.
Dimensions: length 34.0mm; width 25.6mm; thickness 3.7mm; weight 12.81g.
The Coades were a family of wool merchants, local to Devon and West Dorset.
Notes:
This record is based on notes and photographs taken at a finds day, it may thus fall below our usual standards for identification and recording.
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 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 34 mm
Width: 25.6 mm
Thickness: 3.7 mm
Weight: 12.81 g
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Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Devon (County)
District: Exeter (District)
Parish or ward: Duryard (District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SX9195
Four figure Latitude: 50.74434247
Four figure longitude: -3.54626209
1:25K map: SX9195
1:10K map: SX95NW
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 |
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