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HINGE
Unique ID: SWYOR-CE8211
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy probable hinge component of Medieval or Post Medieval date. The object is a sheet of copper alloy which i sub-rectangular. It is broken at one end and tapers from the break to the complete end which terminates by stepping narrower and bending backwards into a loop. The plate is 1.2mm thick and there is no evidence of attachment (this was probably on the part now missing). The plate is also bent. The hinge is undecorated but has a smooth green patina. It can be compared to YORYM-0ED0B2 and SUSS-6A0E47 and may be part of a hinge from a box or casket.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1100
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 35.48 mm
Width: 18.92 mm
Thickness: 7.53 mm
Weight: 4.97 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st June 2013 - Sunday 30th June 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 2125
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Rotherham (Metropolitan District)
District: Rotherham (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Letwell (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK5586
Four figure Latitude: 53.36801287
Four figure longitude: -1.17488884
1:25K map: SK5586
1:10K map: SK58NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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