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SUR-E19B71: Iron age button-and-loop fastener

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BUTTON AND LOOP FASTENER

Unique ID: SUR-E19B71

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation

A button-and-loop fastener of Late Iron Age date. The fastener comprises a loop which merges into an integral rounded knob, or button. On the sides of the loop are teardrop-shaped areas which are extensively decorated with punched pits. The loop is similarly-decorated. On either side of the loop two low rounded swellings have been left undecorated.

Notes:

This belongs to a widely varying group of objects which are thought to have been closures for clothing.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Date from: 100 BC
Date to: AD 50

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 29 mm
Width: 23 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight: 15.5 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 2005

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: 05/1021

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete

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Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Surrey (County)
District: Waverley (District)
Parish or ward: Farnham (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU8748
Four figure Latitude: 51.224573
Four figure longitude: -0.755521
1:25K map: SU8748
1:10K map: SU84NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Other
Specific landuse: Mineral extraction

References cited

No references cited so far.

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Timeline of associated dates

Audit data

Recording Institution: SUR
Created: 17 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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