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BRACELET
Unique ID: BM-B79649
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a copper-alloy cable twist bracelet dating to the second to fourth century AD. The bracelet consists of three circular-section strands which have been twisted to form a cable. At one end, the bracelet terminates in a hook, which is separated from the body by wire wrapped around the cable. The other end of the bracelet is missing. The bracelet measures 59mm in length with a maximum thickness of 5mm. Each of the three circular section cables measure 1mm in diameter.
Notes:
SF 282. Seen 30.5.18
Class: Cable twist
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 100
Date to: Circa AD 400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 59 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Box 22, Bag 2
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: North East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Darlington (Unitary Authority)
District: Darlington (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Piercebridge (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: NZ2115
Four figure Latitude: 54.52984883
Four figure longitude: -1.67701825
1:25K map: NZ2115
1:10K map: NZ21NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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