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HARNESS RING
Unique ID: NLM-6969BA
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy harness ring. Cast ring of originally facetted hexagonal section, now rounded by wear, retaining traces of casting flash within its band, and with a flat edge suggesting this ring to have been cast as part of a linked series. Suggested date: Medieval, 1200-1500.
Diameter: 27.8mm, Band Width: 4.2mm, Band Thickness: 3.0mm, Weight: 5.66gms
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Width: 4.2 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 5.66 g
Diameter: 27.8 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 12th August 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM40023
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)
Parish or ward: Winteringham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9420
Four figure Latitude: 53.66803657
Four figure longitude: -0.57874001
1:25K map: SE9420
1:10K map: SE92SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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