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CAME
Unique ID: HESH-3B20D0
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A cast lead alloy fragment of window came of post Medieval date (1500-1800). In plan the fragment is broadly rectangular although it is distorted in profile; it is an abraded H shaped in cross section. The long sides are irregularly rolled over and the interior surface of the H section - the gutter - is textured but poorly preserved. No glass survives. The exterior edge is feathered on both faces and it is a mid grey / cream colour.
The came fragment measures 14.8mm length, 13.9mm width is 4.4mm thick and weighs 1.89 grams.
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 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 14.8 mm
Width: 13.9 mm
Thickness: 4.4 mm
Weight: 1.89 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Shropshire Museum Service; Object Entry Form: E. 01781
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
District: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Little Birch
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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