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LATCH
Unique ID: SWYOR-FC4FF7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper alloy door or window latch in the form of a long-beaked bird's head. The head is decorated with an incised oval eye, and line down the centre of the beak. There is a moulded collar on the upper neck. The reverse of the object is plain and undecorated. The latch is probably of post medieval to modern date and has a dark green patina with dark purple patches. The object is similar to HAMP-477952 and KENT-ACF377 and a published example by Bailey (2001: 63).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1700
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 58.63 mm
Width: 43.6 mm
Thickness: 3.33 mm
Weight: 20.7 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 13th December 2012 - Thursday 12th December 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS 2142
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Selby (District)
Parish or ward: Newton Kyme cum Toulston (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE4644
Four figure Latitude: 53.89014871
Four figure longitude: -1.30158268
1:25K map: SE4644
1:10K map: SE44SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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