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SCABBARD
Unique ID: LEIC-6DABF8
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
Medieval copper alloy dagger chape, 34mm long, 17mm wide and 8mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a green patina and weighs 6.28g. The object is triangular in form and oval in section and is formed by overlapping the metal, forming a cone.
Class: chape
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1100
Date to: AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 34 mm
Width: 17 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight: 6.28 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st April 2008
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Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Bedford (Unitary Authority)
District: Bedford (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Little Staughton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL1062
Four figure Latitude: 52.245199
Four figure longitude: -0.390279
1:25K map: TL1062
1:10K map: TL16SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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