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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: LIN-D9451D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a copper alloy terminal from an unknown object, dated to the Iron Age to Medieval period (c. 50 BC - AD 1500). The object is sqaure in profile and rectangular in shape. At the terminal is a short cyclindrical projection. There are no decorative features apparent on the fragment. There is a very slight curve in the object indicating it may have come from a bracelet, torc or another rounded object. See record no. SWYOR-90DEC4 as a potential idea of what the object may have been.
The overall dimensions are as follows: 13.86mm in length, 4.9mm in width, 4.56mm in thickness and 2.03g in weight.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa 50 BC
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 13.86 mm
Width: 4.9 mm
Thickness: 4.56 mm
Weight: 2.03 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Chapel St. Leonards (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF5572
Four figure Latitude: 53.22243931
Four figure longitude: 0.32022994
1:25K map: TF5572
1:10K map: TF57SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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