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THIMBLE
Unique ID: BH-97327D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy open-top thimble, or sewing ring, of Late Medieval to post-Medieval date.
The diameter of the thimble gradually decreases towards the top. The outer surface bears a right-hand spiral comprising five rows of punched, sub-oval indentations, at the bottom end of which there is a maker's mark of a circle divided into quarters.
Dimensions: 20.9mm diameter (max), 10.6mm high. Weight: 3.27g.
Class: ring
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1450
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 10.6 mm
Weight: 3.27 g
Diameter: 20.9 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st November 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 14/165 - 6
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: North Hertfordshire (District)
To be known as: Graveley
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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