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BUTTON
Unique ID: NARC-507C64
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast lead button of 16th century date. A flat reverse and convex face decorated in relief with a central cross and three concentric right angles infilling the angles. A raised pellet lies over the join of the lines. The casting seam is visible on the reverse. The integrally cast suspension loop is missing and only two scars remain.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight: 11.02 g
Diameter: 25 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 9th October 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: Daventry (District)
Parish or ward: Preston Capes (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP5653
Four figure Latitude: 52.172428
Four figure longitude: -1.182559
1:25K map: SP5653
1:10K map: SP55SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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