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RIVET
Unique ID: DOR-A2592A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete copper-alloy sheet metal rivet, of the type usually used for repairing metal vessels. The rivet is formed from a kite shaped piece of sheet metal, rolled into a cone, with the top folded over to form the head. The rivet is sharply pointed and bent at the tapered end.
Date: Post Medieval - c. 1500 - 1800
Dimensions: 52.16 mm x 6.03 mm
Weight: 3.65 g
A discussion of these rivets can be found in Egan (2005, p.101). Egan suggests that these were a later form a rivet, which took over from the Medieval folded staples in the late 15th to the mid to late 16th century and continued in use into the 18th century (ibid.).
Class: Sheet metal
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 52.16 mm
Weight: 3.65 g
Diameter: 6.03 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 11th March 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCMS 020798
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: North Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Fifehead Magdalen (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST7820
Four figure Latitude: 50.97898407
Four figure longitude: -2.31474914
1:25K map: ST7820
1:10K map: ST72SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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