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CLOTH SEAL

Unique ID: WILT-0B744A

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An incomplete Post-Medieval lead cloth seal, probably dating to c. AD 1600-1800. Probably disc-3 of a 4-part seal. A flat circular disc of lead, truncated by an old break, with the top edge lost. The disc is stamped with the initials TG within a beaded circle, with the inscription [...](V/Y)OR[...] around the outside.

Diameter 16.4mm; weight 0.92g.

Inscription: TG // [...](V/Y)OR[...]

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 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1800

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.92 g
Diameter: 16.4 mm

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: SSWM 5618

Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Babergh (District)
Parish or ward: Little Waldingfield (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TL9245
Four figure Latitude: 52.07007739
Four figure longitude: 0.79992508
1:25K map: TL9245
1:10K map: TL94NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: WILT
Created: 4 years ago
Updated: 4 years ago

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