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PURSE
Unique ID: KENT4276
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Class: Purse bar
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: AD 1599
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 35 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 30th December 2001
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 81
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: London (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Greater London Authority (Greater London Authority)
District: Bromley (London Borough)
Parish or ward: Biggin Hill (London Borough Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ3962
Four figure Latitude: 51.340101
Four figure longitude: -0.005818
1:25K map: TQ3962
1:10K map: TQ36SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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