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THIMBLE
Unique ID: NLM-7DE3D3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy thimble fragment. A conical pressed metal thimble with a narrow plain basal zone separated from the rest of the wall by an incised line. The rest of the wall bears small round machine-stamped pits which appear as if arranged in diagonal rows. The top bears a rectilinear grid or lattice of larger indentations. Torn, with most of the base lost. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900
Diameter: 17mm, Height: 17.4mm, Thickness (wall): 0.2mm, Weight: 1.66gms
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: 17.4 mm
Thickness: 0.2 mm
Weight: 1.66 g
Diameter: 17 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 31st October 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM42494
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Wyham cum Cadeby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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