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THIMBLE

Unique ID: SWYOR-7D1296

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A cast copper alloy thimble from the post medieval period. It is 20.7mm high and has a diameter of 18.8mm. The walls are 1.6mm thick at the base. The thimble has a domed top and is decorated with very small sub-circular indentations that are probably punched. They are arranged in horizontal lines. There are many areas of surface corrosion, so it is not possible to see if they are in a spiral or whether there is a tonsure. The indentations are unusually small, and suggest that the thimble was used for delicate work (Holmes 1987). The thimble probably dates from the seventeenth or eighteenth century.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1800

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 20.7 mm
Weight: 10.3 g
Diameter: 18.8 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 8th October 2007

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Scarborough (District)
Parish or ward: Snainton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SE9181
Four figure Latitude: 54.216658
Four figure longitude: -0.605978
1:25K map: SE9181
1:10K map: SE98SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Holmes, E.F.	1988	Sewing Thimbles		Finds Research Group 700-1700 Datasheet 9

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Recording Institution: SWYOR
Created: 16 years ago
Updated: 11 years ago

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