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KNIFE
Unique ID: DEV-814892
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A medieval copper-alloy knife handle with pellet and openwork design.
The handle is sub-cuboidal, having a rounded top end, and bevelled edges. The openwork design comprises two parallel rectangular apertures, located centrally, which link the two widest faces of the handle. Other decoration to the upper face consists of two groups of three incuse pellets, located above and below the holes, respectively. Part of a corroded iron blade projects from a slit in the base of the handle.
A mid-14th to early 15th century date is suggested for this handle, based on its similarity to strap-ends of that period (cf.Griffiths et al. 2007, 136, no.1572).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 60 mm
Width: 23 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Devon (County)
District: South Hams (District)
Parish or ward: Stokenham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SX8042
Four figure Latitude: 50.26575
Four figure longitude: -3.685052
1:25K map: SX8042
1:10K map: SX82NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Griffiths, D., Philpott. R. and Egan, G. | 2007 | Meols: The Archaeology of the North West Wirral Coast | Oxford | Oxford University School of Archaeology |
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