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CASTING WASTE
Unique ID: HESH-16F074
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Two pieces of copper alloy industrial waste or slag, of probable Medieval dating (11th to 15th Century).
1: measures 53.9mm in length, 29.9mm wide and 10.7mm thick. It weighs 32.2 grams.
2: measures 31.0mm in length, 22.6mm wide and 25.7mm thick. It weighs 13.7 grams.
Together both pieces weigh 45.9 grams.
Both pieces are consistent with the waste produced as part of the copper smelting process, which did not significantly change from the Bronze Age through the Late Medieval period. However these fragments are more likely to be Medieval in date, as more Medieval copper alloy finds have been found in the vicinty of these pieces.
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Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1000
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 2
Weight: 45.9 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
District: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Richards Castle
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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