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SPOON
Unique ID: DUR-9B3B91
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy spoon of probable Post Medieval date. Only bowl of the spoon remains, the stem has been broken away leaving only a small broken protrusion. The bowl is pear shaped with a shallow depth. There is no decoration. The object is brown in colour weighing 9.6g and measuring 44.57mm in length, 24.93mm in width and 1.96mm in thickness.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1540
Date to: Circa AD 1740
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 44.57 mm
Width: 24.93 mm
Thickness: 1.96 mm
Weight: 9.6 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 15th February 2012 - Sunday 4th March 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: Huntingdonshire (District)
Parish or ward: Great Gidding (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL1283
Four figure Latitude: 52.433513
Four figure longitude: -0.354006
1:25K map: TL1283
1:10K map: TL18SW
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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