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THIMBLE
Unique ID: NLM-C2FED2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy thimble. Conical pressed metal thimble. A thickened foot ring has a narrow plain zone above it. The rest of the wall bears closely-spaced machine-stamped circular pits which appear as if rising in diagonal rows from left to right. The top bears a rectilinear grid or lattice of larger pits. Lightly squashed with part of base lost. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900.
Diameter: c.17mm, Height: 16.4mm, Thickness (wall): 0.5mm, Weight: 2.55gms
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: 16.4 mm
Thickness: 0.5 mm
Weight: 2.55 g
Diameter: 17 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 29th January 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM38688
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)
To be known as: Epworth
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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