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HINGE
Unique ID: LVPL-B331C4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy hinge probably dating to the Post-Medieval period. The object consists of a sheet of copper alloy one edge of which has been rolled forward creating a hinge. At the opposite edge of the object is a small circular perforation. The object is incomplete and undecorated. It has a mid-green patina.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 17.68 mm
Width: 19.07 mm
Thickness: 2.31 mm
Weight: 0.7 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st November 2012
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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: Ryedale (District)
To be known as: Buttercrambe
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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