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THIMBLE
Unique ID: DOR-4919E7
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy ring-type himble or sewing ring dated c.1400-1500. The thimble is a ring of copper alloy and narrows towards the upper rim. The exterior has a low, plain rim at the base, above which it is stamped with an right-hand spiral of square pits up to the upper edge of the ring (forming four angled rows of pits).
Date: Medieval to Post Medieval - c. 1400 - 1600
Dimensions: 11.32 mm x 10.8 mm
Thickness: 1.48 mm
Weight: 4.04 g
A similar thimble is recorded in PAS database record SOM-EFD71A
Class: ring-type
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 11.32 mm
Width: 10.8 mm
Thickness: 1.48 mm
Weight: 4.04 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCMS 019705
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: West Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Sherborne (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST6215
Four figure Latitude: 50.9331877
Four figure longitude: -2.54212647
1:25K map: ST6215
1:10K map: ST61NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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