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FURNITURE FITTING
Unique ID: KENT433
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Class: mount
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 59.5 mm
Width: 13 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 9th March 1997
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration method: Incised
Decoration style: Geometric
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Dartford (District)
To be known as: KENT SOUTHFLEET
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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