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THIMBLE
Unique ID: NLM-756DD7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy thimble fragment. Pressed metal conical or domed thimble with a foot ring and its wall otherwise occupied by finely machine stamped circular pits which appear as if rising up the wall in diagonal lines from right to left. The top bears a worn grid or lattice of pits. The lower part is frayed. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900.
Diameter: 12.6mm, Height: 14.7mm, Thickness (wall): 0.3mm, Weight: 2.08gms
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 1850
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 14.7 mm
Thickness: 0.3 mm
Weight: 2.08 g
Diameter: 12.6 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 11th January 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM38352
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Cadney (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TA0103
Four figure Latitude: 53.51398636
Four figure longitude: -0.47832915
1:25K map: TA0103
1:10K map: TA00SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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