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Fossil oyster shell
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West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, 2012-06-26 09:12:37
Title
Fossil oyster shell
Description
English: A fossilised oyster shell (probably

Gryphaea

, commonly known as a Devil's Toenail), dating from the Jurassic period. The fossil may have been curated during in an archaeological period, or may be naturally occuring. They are so common near Scunthorpe, that they appear on the town's arms. In the 17th and 18th centuries, they were believed to be a cure for arthritic joints.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Lincolnshire
Date Unknown date
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FindID: 509530
Old ref: SWYOR-96E960
Filename: PAS_1821_shell.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/386894
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/386894/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/509530
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution-ShareAlike License version 4.0 (verified 23 November 2020)
Object location53° 18′ 42.48″ N, 0° 44′ 04.79″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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