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HAMMER
Unique ID: WMID-65A844
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A socketed iron hammer head, missing its handle. The hammer head is slightly bowed and is blunt at each end. There is a sub-rectangular socket in the centre for attachment of a handle. The socket measures 19.5 mm long and 7.8 mm wide and is orientated to with its longest side along the length of the hammer head. The hammer head measures 114.6 mm long, 23.4 mm wide and 18.7 mm thick. It weighs 240.3 grams. The date of the tool is not certain, although it is likely to be medieval to post-medieval in date. Other objects recovered from the area in which the tool was found include medieval tile and pottery and post-medieval pottery and glass.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 114.6 mm
Width: 23.4 mm
Thickness: 18.7 mm
Weight: 240.3 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 2000
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Coventry (Metropolitan District)
District: Coventry (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: St. Michael's (Metropolitan District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP3378
Four figure Latitude: 52.399026
Four figure longitude: -1.516419
1:25K map: SP3378
1:10K map: SP37NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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