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TAP
Unique ID: IOW-797F85
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete post-Medieval copper-alloy barrel tap (c. AD 1600-c. 1750).
This spout has broken close to the junction with the missing stem.
The spout is faceted and broadly hexagonal on the outer face, oval in cross-section on the outer face. Two stepped ridges divide the end of the spout from the faceted part.
Height 37.17mm; width: 36.05mm; Thickness: 21.30mm. Weight: 40.63g.
A similar tap is illustrated in Margeson (1993: 137, fig. 932) which is dated to the first half of the 17th century. Margeson (1993: 138) notes "taps with bifurcated keys are seen as an intermediate stage between Medieval tap keys in the form of a cockerel, fleur-de-lis or openwork trefoil, and the flat-topped T-shaped keys of the 18th century. They were used with cisterns."
Class: Barrel/cistern
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1750
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 37.17 mm
Width: 36.05 mm
Thickness: 21.3 mm
Weight: 40.63 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 25th July 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2012-4-270
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margeson, S. | 1993 | Norwich Households: Medieval and Post-Medieval Finds from Norwich Survey Excavations 1971-78 | Norwich | East Anglian Archaeology | 137, 138, fig. 932 |
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