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SCABBARD
Unique ID: YORYMM511
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Class: Sword chape
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1450
Date to: Circa AD 1550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 47 mm
Width: 24 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 30th April 1999
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Hambleton (District)
To be known as: NORTH YORKSHIRE SUTTON ON THE FOREST
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
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