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THIMBLE

Unique ID: SUR-BCFE95

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A post medieval copper alloy sewing ring with spirals of punched circular pits, which become square in the lowest tier. There is a plain band below the rim bordered by two lines of small pits.

Class: ring

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 1600

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 13.29 mm
Weight: 8.17 g
Diameter: 19.25 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 29th January 2011

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: 11-286

Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Aylesbury Vale (District)
Parish or ward: Twyford (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP6525
Four figure Latitude: 51.91974
Four figure longitude: -1.05629
1:25K map: SP6525
1:10K map: SP62NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Discovery circumstances: 29th Jan 2011
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: SUR
Created: 12 years ago
Updated: 4 years ago

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