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THIMBLE
Unique ID: NLM-375C05
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy thimble. Conical or domed small pressed metal thimble with a plain basal zone with foot ring, with the larger part of the wall covered by machine-stamped circular pits which appear as if ascending the wall in diagonal lines. The top is occupied by a rectilinear grid of larger indentations. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900
Diameter: 12.3mm, Height: 14.6mm, Thickness (wall): 0.5mm, Weight: 1.88gms
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 1850
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 14.6 mm
Thickness: 0.5 mm
Weight: 1.88 g
Diameter: 12.3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 11th March 2019
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM41938
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Muckton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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