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RIVET
Unique ID: WILT-00BF71
Object type certainty: Certain
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A Medieval/ Post-Medieval lozenge-shaped sheet copper alloy folded rivet for a vessel repair, measuring 21.17x11.45x1.74mm and weighing 1.1g.
Similar repairs from excabations in Southwark, London, can be seen in Egan, 2005; Material culture in an age of transistion, p101, Fig: 87.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1100
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 21.17 mm
Width: 11.45 mm
Thickness: 1.74 mm
Weight: 1.1 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st September 2010 - Sunday 31st October 2010
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Chippenham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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