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NEEDLE
Unique ID: NMS-2508B4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete and bent Roman copper alloy needle, both ends missing, one break across the eye. Extant length 104mm. Extant length of the eye 22mm. Mid 1st - 4th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 409
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 104 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 15th October 2013 - Wednesday 5th February 2014
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 53000
Other reference: SB022014
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Gayton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF7218
Four figure Latitude: 52.73228139
Four figure longitude: 0.54592338
1:25K map: TF7218
1:10K map: TF71NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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