UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT

Unique ID: NCL-818E03

Object type certainty: Certain

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A bronze disc 45mm in diameter and 9mm in thickness.

The outer edges have traces of soldering, and the center of one face has a small, raised circular stud 10mm diameter. The other face is undecorated and relatively smooth and partially flat in the center.

The use of the object is unknown, but it may have been the base of a bowl or some other vessel that required the base to be soldered on.

Its date is unknown, though its findspot would favour the Early Medieval period.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: UNKNOWN [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Dimensions and weight

Thickness: 9 mm
Weight: 63.4 g
Diameter: 45 mm
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Manufacture method: Multiple [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: North East
County: Northumberland
District: Berwick Upon Tweed
Parish: Holy Island

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: NU1242
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st April 2006

Personal details

Found by: This information is restricted for your login.
Recorded by: Dr Robert Collins - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Dr Robert Collins - [view all attributed records]

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    Created: Tuesday 20th June 2006
    Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011

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