Rights Holder: Lincolnshire County Council
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Unique ID: PUBLIC-C6F5BE
Object type certainty: Certain
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A copper alloy casting jet or sprue. The item is roughly oval in plan and plano-convex in section. It has 2 integral copper alloy tabs extending from the base, showing where the cast item was cut away. Probably Late Bronze Age.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2500 BC
Date to: Circa 750 BC
Quantity: 1
Length: 24 mm
Width: 17 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight: 14.25 g
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Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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