Rights Holder: The Portable Antiquities Scheme
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Unique ID: BUC-EE7DB5
Object type certainty: Certain
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An incomplete and heavily damaged copper-alloy thimble, dating from the Medieval to post-Medieval periods.
The thimble has been made from sheet metal and has a vertical split which extends across the crown.The outer surface has been grooved to create a series of rectangular panels.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Quantity: 1
Length: 18.82 mm
Height: 8.38 mm
Width: 5.4 mm
Thickness: 0.62 mm
Weight: 6.41 g
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 16th October 2014
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Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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