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BUTTON

Unique ID: WILT-C99FC8

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Copper alloy medieval globular button with wire loop (partly broken). It is bi-convex in shape and ?tinned.
Dimensions : 9mm diameter, 8mm height, 3mm loop projetion.
Cf Egan 1991 nos. 1377 and 1388.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Diameter: 9 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st February 2004

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy

Surface Treatment: White metal coated

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Durnford

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: Recorded at a rally
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth greater than 0.25m

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Egan, G. and Pritchard, F.	1991	Dress Accessories, c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London 3) (1991)	London	Stationery Office Books		nos. 1377 & 1388

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Recording Institution: WILT
Created: 20 years ago
Updated: 8 years ago

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