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BEAD
Unique ID: WMID-F666E4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A bead of uncertain date and material, possibly lead. The bead is circular in form with a circular perforation. The bead is a dark brown to black colour.
Beads of this type are hard to date outside of excavated contexts as they are known from the Iron Age through to the Post Medieval period.
The bead measures 9.1 mm in diameter, 5.2 mm in thickness and weighs 1.2 g. The perforation measures 3.8 mm in diameter.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: UNKNOWN
Period to: UNKNOWN
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 5.2 mm
Weight: 1.2 g
Diameter: 9.1 mm
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Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Staffordshire (County)
District: South Staffordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Acton Trussell and Bednall (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SJ9417
Four figure Latitude: 52.7505821
Four figure longitude: -2.09033001
1:25K map: SJ9417
1:10K map: SJ91NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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