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Unique ID: NARC-C5E856
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation 
A medieval terminal of silver, with rounded shoulders, tapering to a point, so as to give the impression of a leaf. The front surface is raised, and is decorated with three grooves within a chamfered border. The reverse is plain and flat. At the terminal’s widest point there appears the remainder of a square shaft. Its precise function is difficult to determine.
The terminal is silver and of pre-industrial manufacture. It is likely to date from the thirteenth to the fifteenth centuries.
Dimensions: length 15 mm, width 9 mm.
Consequently, in terms of age and as the object contains a minimum of 10% precious metal it qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.
Notes:
This find was reported as treasure (2006 T443) and subsequently disclaimed by the crown.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2006 T443
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Length: 15 mm
Width: 9 mm
Quantity: 1
Personal details
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Recorded by: Dr Steven
Ashby
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Identified by: James
Robinson - [view all attributed records]
Secondary identifier:
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2006 T443
Treasure case number: 2006 T443
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver [scope notes | view all attributed records]
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Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands
County: Northamptonshire
District: South Northamptonshire
Parish: Gayton
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP6953
Four figure Latitude: 52.170958 Four figure longitude: -0.992496
1:25K map: SP6953
1:10K map: SP65SE
WOEID: 20955
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Discovery metadata
Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land[scope notes]
Adjacent Domesday Book places
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References cited
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Created:
Friday 10th August 2007
Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
