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BUTTON
Unique ID: DUR-50BE71
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Cast copper alloy late Medieval button.
It has been cast with the loop integrally. The button is circular and domed. On the top is decoration in relief in the form of a sun-burst. The shank below is rectangular with a rounded end, where there is a circular perforation for attachment to clothing.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Width: 6.24 mm
Thickness: 2.52 mm
Weight: 2.1 g
Diameter: 11.62 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 20th February 2011
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Ryedale (District)
Parish or ward: Rillington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE8574
Four figure Latitude: 54.154792
Four figure longitude: -0.699937
1:25K map: SE8574
1:10K map: SE87SE
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
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