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PURSE

Unique ID: LVPL683

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

Part of purse frame. Moulded circular section bar with a deep notch towards either end. The juncture is a central circular hollow boss the opening of which is chamfered on one side.

Class: Purse frame

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1550

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 50.7 mm
Thickness: 4.9 mm
Weight: 10.6 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 1999

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast

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Spatial metadata

Region: North West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cumbria (County)
District: Eden (District)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: NY6819
Four figure Latitude: 54.565207
Four figure longitude: -2.49641
1:25K map: NY6819
1:10K map: NY61NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Other
Specific landuse: Unknown

References cited

Author Publication Year Title Publication Place Publisher Pages Reference
London Museum 1940 London Museum Medieval Catalogue London HMSO pp 158-171

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Audit data

Recording Institution: LVPL
Created: 24 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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