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THIMBLE
Unique ID: NLM-80F096
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy
Thimble. Cast Beehive Thimble, as identified by finder. An incised line separates a basal field from a zone of vertical lines of round punched indentations, surmounted by three horizontal or circumferential lines of similar indentations; the top of the thimble remains plain. The metal is quite thin, as raised dots from the punching of the indentations appear within the thimble. A small piece of the lower wall is lost. Suggested date: Late Medieval, 1400-1500.
Height: 14.1mm, Diameter: 17.1mm, Thickness: 1.5mm, Weight: 1.63gms.
Class: Beehive
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 14.1 mm
Thickness: 1.5 mm
Weight: 1.63 g
Diameter: 17.1 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st October 2009 - Saturday 31st October 2009
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM16895
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Harrogate (District)
To be known as: Plompton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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