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NAIL
Unique ID: HESH-5D2C4A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Large hand wrought iron nail with a large boss like square shaped head with a distinctive D shaped cross section. The shank of the nail is square and broken. The surface of the nail suffers from active laminating corrosion. A direct parallel has not been found, but the shear size suggests that it was not for domestic furniture, instead it is suggested that it might be an iron nail from a studded timber door, or possibly from a boat. A date is also difficult to suggest - it is possibly ancient but as it is hand made it could date from as late as 1900.
The iron nail measures, 50.3mm length, 48.1mm width, the head is 23.6mm thick. The shank of the nail measures. 19.8mm length, 12.4mm wide and projects 41.8mm. It weighs 154.0 grams
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 50.3 mm
Width: 48.1 mm
Thickness: 65.4 mm
Weight: 154 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Shropshire Museum Service; Object Entry Form: E. 01505
Materials and construction
Primary material: Iron
Decoration style: Curvilinear
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: River Perry
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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