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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: YORYM-A82D5D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete iron unidentified object of a Post Medieval or Modern date (c. AD 1600-2050). The object consists of an iron bar, rectangular in section, with an integral loop in the centre through which a single link of iron chain loops through, which has bent out of shape most likely due to post depositional factors. It is likely that there would have been a series of iron chain links and that this bar would have been suspended by this means.
It's unclear exactly what this object is due to the lack of diagnostic features and also presence of heavy corrosion. It may have functioned as a form of industrial balance in which two objects could be hung from either end of the arms to be weighed. Or it may have been used to suspend another object.
The metal has a reddish-brown patina with patches of iron corrosion.
The object is 73.5mm long, 20.2mm wide, 5.4mm thick and weighs 21.6g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 2050
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 73.5 mm
Width: 20.2 mm
Thickness: 5.4 mm
Weight: 21.6 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: YMT : E06096
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Bainton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9752
Four figure Latitude: 53.95500829
Four figure longitude: -0.52327823
1:25K map: SE9752
1:10K map: SE95SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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