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THIMBLE
Unique ID: NMS-8EE033
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Complete copper alloy Medieval open-top or ring-type thimble with longitudinal overlapped un-scarfed seam.The thimble has near vertical sides with hand-punched pits crudely set in columns. Narrow plain bands top and bottom, delineated by circumferential grooves. Adjacent to the seam is a faint trace of surface whitemetal colouration, possibly suggesting the seam was originally soldered. Similar thimbles can be seen in Read, B. Metal Sewing-Thimbles Found in Britain (2018) p8-p11. Circa early 13th- mid 15th C.
Class: ring
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1220
Date to: Circa AD 1450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 15 mm
Thickness: 0.8 mm
Weight: 3.48 g
Diameter: 15.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 20th March 2022 - Sunday 20th March 2022
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 33221
Other reference: GCENF145467
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Litcham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF8817
Four figure Latitude: 52.71798245
Four figure longitude: 0.78202405
1:25K map: TF8817
1:10K map: TF81NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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