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METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Unique ID: NLM-6A95BE
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy metalworking debris. A fragment of solifdified casting spillage which has set on a flat and probably sanded surface. A part of the material has a pale purple grey tint, the rest is green. Part of an extensive spread of similar objects which point to a discrete episode of metalworking in the vicinity; the clear evidence for sanded surfaces here may suggest a deliberately formed casting bed was in use. Suggested date: Unknown, Later Bronze Age to Post-Medieval, 1000BC-AD1800.
Length: 59.3mm, Thickness: 20.7mm, Weight: 77.90gms
Class: Copper alloy
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa 1000 BC
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 59.3 mm
Thickness: 20.7 mm
Weight: 77.9 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 11th February 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM38776
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Springthorpe
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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