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BUTTON

Unique ID: PUBLIC-EDC3F7

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A solid, cast, copper-alloy button with integral shaft, rectangular in section and sub-oval in plan, broken across the line of a drilled, circular hole. The body of the button is sub-spherical and flattened laterally. It is undecorated and very corroded.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 4.49 g
Diameter: 11.42 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 9th February 2010

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Skidbrooke

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth less than 0.25 m

References cited

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Recording Institution: PUBLIC
Created: 13 years ago
Updated: 12 years ago

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