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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: SUR-B64BA7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy hollow cylinder, hexagonal in section, with a pair of opposed broken projecting loops at the open end. At the opposite end is an integral flat-topped projection above a constriction. The large part of one side is broken away. The wall of the cylinder is less than 1.5mm thick.
Notes:
One possible function for this object is as an ammunition container, but this has not been verified. Such containers appear to have been of wood or pewter.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 62.98 mm
Width: 20.34 mm
Weight: 22.92 g
Diameter: 14.28 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st March 2010 - Friday 30th April 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 10.618
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Surrey (County)
District: Mole Valley (District)
Parish or ward: Betchworth (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ2149
Four figure Latitude: 51.227374
Four figure longitude: -0.2685
1:25K map: TQ2149
1:10K map: TQ24NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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