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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: WILT-544656
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An identified copper alloy object possibly dating to the medieval period. The object is heart shaped with a hanging loop at the top. The hanging loop is 6.77mm in width and is pierced in the centre. There is a short stem from the loop and then a heart shape piece with bevelled edges. The patina of the object is dark almost black and there are the marks of manufacture visible on the flat surfaces.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 410
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 20.64 mm
Width: 14.76 mm
Thickness: 3.93 mm
Weight: 3.35 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM4195
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Pitton and Farley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU2131
Four figure Latitude: 51.07794279
Four figure longitude: -1.70160798
1:25K map: SU2131
1:10K map: SU23SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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