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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: LANCUM-F04041
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Small cast cu-alloy object, possibly the drop handle of a drawer or a very small wood splitter dating from the late medieval or early post-medieval period, i.e. c. AD1500-1800. The artefact is composed of a small 'paddle'-shaped body with a button/knop at the top. It is not decorated, but slightly bent. If it is part of a wood worker's toolkit it is in very good nick and the domed head does not show signs of much hammering as one would expect. It is more like that it was part of a swivel fitting for a drawer handle.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: MODERN
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30.48 mm
Width: 17.86 mm
Thickness: 3.86 mm
Weight: 10.83 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 4th January 2001 - Thursday 13th January 2011
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cumbria (County)
District: Allerdale (District)
To be known as: Silloth
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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