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BUTTON
Unique ID: DEV-76F367
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A Post Medieval copper-alloy button of 18th or 19th century date. The button is circular in plan. Both faces are flat and undecorated. A tear-shaped attachment loop remains intact at the back. The button is 18.5mm in diameter.
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This record was left unfinished and therefore may fall below our usual standards, it has been promoted in the hope it will be of use to researchers.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1700
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Diameter: 18.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 18th May 2014
Rally details.
This object was found at Beeson (Devon) Rally May 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Rally reference 29
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Devon (County)
District: South Hams (District)
Parish or ward: Stokenham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SX8140
Four figure Latitude: 50.24797371
Four figure longitude: -3.67039877
1:25K map: SX8140
1:10K map: SX80SW
Grid reference source: Recorded at a rally
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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