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SCABBARD
Unique ID: NLM-D1E581
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy scabbard chape. A triangular or conical sheet metal chape, rounded on its display face but flattened on the back, where an overlapping seam appears; the terminal is crimped around three short slashes. A drilled hole of diameter 1.6mm is provided to assure fixing to the leather of a scabbard. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1650
Length: 32mm, Width: 16.2mm, Thickness (wall): 0.5mm, Weight: 3.98gms
Class: Chape
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 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 32 mm
Width: 16.2 mm
Thickness: 0.5 mm
Weight: 3.98 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM42512
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Binbrook
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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