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THIMBLE
Unique ID: NLM-497DD1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy thimble, Cast domed or beehive-shaped thimble with a double incised foot ring with tiny [diameter 0.5mm] stamped pits rising in a left hand spiral up its wall, and carried on to continue across the domed top. Suggested date: Late Medieval, 1400-1500
Diameter: 19mm, Height: 18.2mm, Thickness (wall): 0.9mm, Weight: 6.11gms
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 18.2 mm
Thickness: 0.9 mm
Weight: 6.11 g
Diameter: 19 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 12th May 2019
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM43065
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Stamped
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North East Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North East Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Hatcliffe
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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