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TOY
Unique ID: YORYM-7C1288
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A complete cast lead toy of post-medieval date. The toy is a buzz wheel which is circular in plan with a serrated outer edge and three perforations organised in a row through which a looped string or cord would have been threaded.
The toy is 20.7mm in diameter, 2.5mm thick and weighs 5.5g.
Egan & Forsyth, p.388, no 13.2.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.5 mm
Weight: 5.5 g
Diameter: 20.7 mm
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Driffield (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TA0356
Four figure Latitude: 53.989787
Four figure longitude: -0.430529
1:25K map: TA0356
1:10K map: TA05NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forsyth, H. with Egan, G. | 2005 | Toys, Trifles and Trinkets: Base Metal Miniatures from London 1200 to 1800 | London | Unicorn Press Ltd | p.388 | no 13.2 |
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