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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: DUR-868351
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy zoomorphic terminal dating to the 11th or 12th century.
The object has a circular cross section and there is a fracture at one end. From the break there is an undecorated shaft which is terminated by a thin collar. From this collar emerges the zoomorphic head which has pointed ears rising out of the top of the object. The eyes are at the front of the terminal and there is a downwards projecting nose. Below the eyes there is a small hole.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 41.79 mm
Width: 11.08 mm
Weight: 7.7 g
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Ryedale (District)
Parish or ward: Settrington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE8570
Four figure Latitude: 54.118851
Four figure longitude: -0.701062
1:25K map: SE8570
1:10K map: SE87SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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