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NAIL
Unique ID: NLM-E0676B
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy nail. Cast nail with a square section shank and a rhomboid head with four lightly faceted faces to a low pyramidal top. The tip is slightly bent. Copper alloy nails would be used where the risk of fire or explosion was to be averted, as in a flour mill, as they would not strike sparks if in accidental contact with iron hobnails etc. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900
Length: 89.4mm, Diameter (head, long axis): 12.2mm, Thickness (shank): 3.7mm, Weight: 12.65gms
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 1800
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 89.4 mm
Thickness: 3.7 mm
Weight: 12.65 g
Diameter: 12.2 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 6th November 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM41199
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: near Brookenby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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