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DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Unique ID: KENT-169911
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1500
Date to: AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 39.41 mm
Width: 16.28 mm
Thickness: 9.85 mm
Weight: 2.61 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 13th May 2006
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Maidstone (District)
Parish or ward: Barming (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ7154
Four figure Latitude: 51.259516
Four figure longitude: 0.449355
1:25K map: TQ7154
1:10K map: TQ75SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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