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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: HAMP-966B07
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete copper-alloy with iron core unidentified object, possibly a furniture fitting of possible Roman date. The artefact is circular in cross section and has a tapering conical tip. The top of the artefact has a flat circular section at the tip with a protruding corroded iron shank. The artefact has a raised median band adjacent to two concave bands before expanding towards the conical tip. Iron corrosion product is visible at the tip.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa 100 BC
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28.45 mm
Width: 8.95 mm
Weight: 4.94 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 11th September 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: E3276
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Basingstoke and Deane (District)
Parish or ward: St. Mary Bourne (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU4451
Four figure Latitude: 51.256473
Four figure longitude: -1.370864
1:25K map: SU4451
1:10K map: SU45SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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