Record ID: NLM-8D0A92
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy unidentified object. Cast fragment with a flat back. The reddish tint below an abraded surface patina is a feature of many objects of Anglo-Scandinavian date. Dr Kevin Leahy kindly comments that, rather than being a distressed artefact fragment, this may be a fragment of casting spillage.Suggested date: Unknown, 43-1800. Length: 18.8mm, Width: 13.4mm, Thickness: 2.2mm, Weight: 1.58gms.
Created on: Wednesday 29th January 2014
Last updated: Thursday 18th February 2021
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Record ID: NLM-545C83
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
White Metal Possible Metal working Debris. Two cast fragments of dense non-ferrous metal. The larger, of length 50mm, has sharp edges between three flat surfaces, though appears sheared and melted elsewhere. The smaller fragment, of length 35mm, shows the apparently compressed junction of layers of circa 5mm thickness, and external melting. Dr Kevin Leahy kindly suggests these may be shell splinters, though there is no firm evidence for military activity in the area. Suggested date: Unknown, 40-1800. Combined Weight: 76.15gms.
Created on: Thursday 5th July 2012
Last updated: Monday 13th August 2018
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