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METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Unique ID: NLM-77B458
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead metalworking debris. Three small fragments of lead melt, all patinated. One is a dribble of solidified spillage. The others have both set on a flat surface; the smaller perhaps on a sand bed; and the larger has a patterned underside which might suggest it has preserved the weave of a coarse fabric like sacking. Suggested date: Unknown, Roman to Post-Medieval, 43-1800
Combined weight: 32.94gms
Class: Lead
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 3
Weight: 32.94 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 28th July 2019
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM43411
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Swinhope
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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