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THIMBLE
Unique ID: SUR-4ACBF7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy thimble of 15th or 16th century date. The thimble has eleven spiral tiers of pits and a plain apex.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1450
Date to: Circa AD 1550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 21.01 mm
Weight: 12.1 g
Diameter: 21.74 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: B13-02
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wokingham (Unitary Authority)
District: Wokingham (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Shinfield (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU7067
Four figure Latitude: 51.397725
Four figure longitude: -0.995197
1:25K map: SU7067
1:10K map: SU76NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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