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PEN
Unique ID: DOR-173638
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Published 
A copper alloy pen Medieval date. A cast copper-alloy pen with a lozenge faceted and twisted shaft. The shaft narrows into a plain, circular sectioned length at the distal end and and terminates in a rounded knop. There is a similar plain, narrow section between the faceted decoration and the lanceolate end. The lanceolate end has four curving, flat foils and tapers to a point. The shaft has been bent. See Egan, G, 1998, Medieval Household, no. 898.
Date: Probably Late Medieval to Early Post Medieval - c. 1400 - 1550
Dimensions: 84.56 mm x 6.30 mm x 6.27 mm
Weight: 5.96 g
A similar examples are recorded on the PAS database in records NARC-DA7F11 & NARC-7DB472. This one is in good condition and is a little more ornate than the published example.
Find of note status
This has been noted as an interesting find by the recorder.
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 1450
Date to: Circa AD 1550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 84.56 mm
Width: 6.3 mm
Thickness: 6.27 mm
Weight: 5.96 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 16th April 2007
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: North Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Chettle (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST9414
Four figure Latitude: 50.92542252
Four figure longitude: -2.0867394
1:25K map: ST9414
1:10K map: ST91SW
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egan, G. | 1998 | The Medieval Household: Daily Living c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London) | London | The Stationery Office | 898 |
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