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BUTTON
Unique ID: SF-EF685D
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper-alloy button of Post-Medieval date. It has a globular head that is D-shaped in section, with integrally cast sewing loop on the back face. This is oval in form with a central circular aperture. The entire object measures 11.03mm in length, 11.31mm in width/diameter, and 2.35g in weight. This button is of probable Post-Medieval date, c.16th-17th centuries AD
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 11.03 mm
Weight: 2.35 g
Diameter: 11.31 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st August 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Lidgate
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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