Rights Holder: Somerset County Council
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Unique ID: DOR-B07682
Object type certainty: Possibly
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A fragment of a cast copper alloy object. lync Sub-oval, bulbous, hollowed object with a solid, flattened terminal. The object contstricts before flaring out into the sub-circular disc terminal. Around the widest part of the hollowed section there is a band of oval facets. The object is heavy for its size suggesting the alloy is leaded bronze. Possibly part of a lynch-pin. Possibly a miscast object. Possibly of iron age or Roman date. Dimensions: 26.07 mm x 14.63 mm x 15 mm Weight: 17.27 g
Class: Lynch pin (possibly)
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: 500 BC
Date to: AD 410
Quantity: 1
Length: 26.07 mm
Width: 14.63 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight: 17.27 g
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 7th March 2007
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4 Figure: ST8618
Four figure Latitude: 50.961251
Four figure longitude: -2.200718
1:25K map: ST8618
1:10K map: ST81NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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