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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: WMID2335
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
The item is sub-conical shape with the upper portion missing. The base is concave, and from the apex a vertical shaft continues to the upper face of the item. The outer surface is rough and unfinished, the base is uneven. On the outer surface is an iron protrusion, but it is not visible on the interior.
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Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: UNKNOWN
Period to: UNKNOWN
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 23.46 mm
Width: 16.9 mm
Thickness: 16.79 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st June 2000
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Staffordshire (County)
District: Staffordshire Moorlands (District)
Parish or ward: Alton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK0642
Four figure Latitude: 52.975319
Four figure longitude: -1.912097
1:25K map: SK0642
1:10K map: SK04SE
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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