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THIMBLE
Unique ID: SOM-F3AD2B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval - early Post Medieval copper alloy robust thimble with sloping sides and domed top. The top and sides are covered in a continuous spiral of circular pits starting at the crown with no bare tonsure. There is an incised plain line around the base with a plain rim below it. The rim has several folds which show on the outerside as cracks but have folds of metal on the inner side. The thimble is 16.8mm tall, 17.6mm in diameter at the base, 1.0mm thick and weighs 4.20 grams.
It is similar to Holmes (1988) p. 1 Fig 2b which lacks the line at the base and is dated AD 1400-1550 and to an example from Southwark (Egan 2005: 131, no.629) from a context dated AD 1530-1550. The folds at the rim on this example suggest it is was made by stamping.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 16.8 mm
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 4.2 g
Diameter: 17.6 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st March 2013 - Sunday 31st March 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 22463
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: West Somerset (District)
To be known as: Carhampton CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egan, G. | 2005 | Material Culture in London in an Age Of Transition: Tudor and Stuart period finds c.1450 - c.1700 from excavations at riverside sites in Southwark | London | Museum of London Archaeology Service | |||
| Holmes, E.F. | 1988 | Sewing Thimbles | Finds Research Group 700-1700 Datasheet 9 |
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