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BUTTON
Unique ID: NMS-8A50B7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post-medieval button consisting of a solid bi-convex head and an integral non-drilled loop, part of which is missing. Diameter 10mm. Length 13.2mm. 16th century.
Finder's number V24/1
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 13.2 mm
Diameter: 10 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 2nd July 2021 - Friday 2nd July 2021
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 20589
Other reference: FR092021
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Fransham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF9013
Four figure Latitude: 52.6813693
Four figure longitude: 0.80928831
1:25K map: TF9013
1:10K map: TF91SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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