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BOOK FITTING
Unique ID: NLM-228718
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy and iron hinge, associated with a scrap of leather. Two elements of a hinged copper alloy mount, possibly a book fitting given their reported association with leather. One element is a plate with a trefoil end; the other is pointed with rounded shoulders. The former bears a pair of rivets, both burred and possibly of ferrous metal; the latter has a drilled hole of diameter 1.8mm, lightly countersunk. Another steel pin may pass through both hinged elements, evidenced by extruded corrosion around the hinge. The object appears coated in black shiny material, possibly an original treatment with oil, though perhaps exacerbated or masked by treatment by the finder; the staining is most noticeable on the putative ferrous corrosion and fittings. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1700.
Length (as found): 19.8mm, Width: 13.1mm, Thickness (plate): 1.2mm, Weight (without leather): 2.11gms
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 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 19.8 mm
Width: 13.1 mm
Thickness: 1.2 mm
Weight: 2.11 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 26th August 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM40203
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Black coated
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: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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