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BUTTON

Unique ID: PUBLIC-8407DF

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A complete copper alloy button with a high tin content, probably dating from a Medieval - early Post-Medieval period c.AD 1250 - 1550. The button is bi-convex, with a silvery / grey appearance to its surface, but no other decoration. It has an integral looped shank in place, and is in good condition.

Dimensions:- Diameter 9.4mm, thickness 6.9mm and weight 2.9gm. Diameter of looped shank is 3.4mm.

Similar buttons are illustrated in Read's 'Metal Buttons c. 900 BC - C. AD 1700' (2005, pp. 22-3, nos. 63-72), and in Bailey, G. 2004, p.43, fig.9.15. dating to the 18th century AD. Also see https://finds.org.uk/counties/findsrecordingguides/buttons/ .

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: In a private collection, recorded for academic use

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1550

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 6.9 mm
Weight: 2.9 g
Diameter: 9.4 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 27th October 2016 - Thursday 27th October 2016

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Tin or tin alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: South Cambridgeshire (District)
Parish or ward: Weston Colville (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TL6153
Four figure Latitude: 52.15181331
Four figure longitude: 0.3518565
1:25K map: TL6153
1:10K map: TL65SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Discovery circumstances: While searching cultivated arable land.
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth less than 0.25 m

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Bailey, G.	2004	Buttons and Fasteners 500BC - AD1840	Essex	Greenlight Publishing	p.43, fig.9.15.
Read, B.	2005	Metal Buttons c. 900 BC - c. AD 1700	Langport	Portcullis Publishing	pp. 22-3, nos. 63-72.

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Recording Institution: PUBLIC
Created: 3 years ago
Updated: 3 years ago

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