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THIMBLE
Unique ID: KENT-F40D06
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A complete, Medieval, cast, copper alloy, large size and heavy thimble. This is a closed thimble with tapering sides and domed crown. There are irregular, relatively large and spaced out hand-punched indentations all the way down to a narrow plain band around the base and a plain circular patch on the apex where the indentations start in a spiral all the way down. There appears to be little wear and an attractive chocolate brown patina with just a few small areas of a pale green verdigris corrosion which does continue more so on the inside. This thimble is likely to date from 1350-1450. Ref. Detector Finds 2, Gordon Bailey, Greenlight Publishing 1993, page 12-14 No. 6, History Beneath Our Feet, Brian Read, Anglia Publishing Ipswich 1995, page 123, Norwich Households, Medieval-Post Medieval Finds from Norwich Survey Excavations 1971-1978, Sue Margeson, East Anglian Archaeology 1993, page 187-188 No. 1458 & 1459 and Collectors Guide to Thimbles, Bridget McConnel, Bracken Books 1996, page 17-18. The thimble is 28.27mm long,20.35mm wide, 18.61mm thick, diameter 20.35mm and weighs 11.7g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28.27 mm
Width: 20.35 mm
Thickness: 18.61 mm
Weight: 11.7 g
Diameter: 20.35 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 19th October 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Other
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Surrey (County)
District: Tandridge (District)
Parish or ward: Crowhurst (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ3846
Four figure Latitude: 51.19656092
Four figure longitude: -0.0263354
1:25K map: TQ3846
1:10K map: TQ34NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey, G. | 1993 | Detector Finds 2 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | 12-14 | 6 | |
| Margeson, S. | 1993 | Norwich Households: Medieval and Post-Medieval Finds from Norwich Survey Excavations 1971-78 | Norwich | East Anglian Archaeology | 187-188 | 1458-1459 | |
| McConnel, B. | 1995 | The Collector's Guide to Thimbles | Bracken Books | 17-18 | |||
| Read, B. | 1995 | History Beneath our Feet (1995) | Ipswich | Anglia Publishing | 123 |
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