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BUTTON
Unique ID: NMS-7C3A57
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post-medieval copper alloy button with integral drilled lug. The sub-rectangular head of plano-convex section is decorated with a moulded elaborate quatrefoil. Head 15.5mm x 8mm, 4mm thick. Overall length 15mm. Cf. examples from East Walton (HER 29273), West Acre (HER 32619), Foulsham (HER 41224), Fransham (HER 25024), Guestwick (3113), Holme Hale (HER 44072, NMS-FF89A1), Howe (HER 13850), Langley with Hardley (HER 31397), Oxborough (HER 53719), Postwick (HER 29658) and an apparently undecorated one from Barton Bendish (HER 23934). A very similar button from the Thames foreshore was thought to be from a 15th-century context (Read 2005, 14, no.41). Perhaps a date in 16th or early 17th century is more likely.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1625
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 15.5 mm
Width: 8 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 17th July 2013 - Wednesday 18th September 2013
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 51275
Other reference: AHS092013
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Snetterton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL9890
Four figure Latitude: 52.47201065
Four figure longitude: 0.91373826
1:25K map: TL9890
1:10K map: TL99SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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