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THIMBLE
Unique ID: NMS-A5031E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Slightly distorted medieval copper alloy domed, cast and turned thimble. Near the base an engraved circumferential line. Above this the whole surface apart from a circular patch at the top is covered with a continuous spiral of rectangular indentations. Quite a heavy duty example: at the base the metal is 1mm thick. Cf. Egan 1998, nos. 829-31. Diameter c.20mm. Height 26mm. c.1400 - c.1450.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 20 mm
Thickness: 1 mm
Diameter: 26 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 4th September 2014 - Wednesday 1st October 2014
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 51478
Other reference: ENMD102014
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Broadland (District)
Parish or ward: Woodbastwick (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG3214
Four figure Latitude: 52.67400626
Four figure longitude: 1.43020792
1:25K map: TG3214
1:10K map: TG31SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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