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PALSTAVE
Unique ID: YORYM-4550B2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Date from: 1200 BC
Date to: 1000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 67.6 mm
Width: 26 mm
Thickness: 12.8 mm
Weight: 74.8 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 30th April 2005
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Scarborough (District)
To be known as: Whitby area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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