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BUTTON

Unique ID: DEV-04C1B6

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A postmedieval copper alloy button. In plan, the item is circular. The front face is flat, there us a raised area in the middle of the back face, where the remains of an attachment loop or shank are visible. The button probably dates to the 18th or 19th centuries AD.

Notes:

Recorded at a rally. Field 5, number 754.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1700
Date to: Circa AD 1800

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Diameter: 31 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 20th April 2013

Rally details.

This object was found at Membury April 2013

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Devon (County)
District: East Devon (District)
Parish or ward: Membury (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: ST2705
Four figure Latitude: 50.839903
Four figure longitude: -3.038122
1:25K map: ST2705
1:10K map: ST20NE
Grid reference source: Recorded at a rally
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

No references cited so far.

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Recording Institution: DEV
Created: 10 years ago
Updated: 10 years ago

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