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BUTTON
Unique ID: NMS-F0C21E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post-medieval copper alloy button with an integral drilled loop: biconical, hollow openwork head with a small central nipple and engraved lines between six triangular perforations on the front face, and with six perforations on the rear face. Comparable with Baart et al. 1977, 185, no.235, Margeson 1993, 20-2, fig. 11 no.102 and Read 2005, 30, no. 93. Diameter 11.2mm. Length 18mm. 16th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 18 mm
Diameter: 11.2 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 30th May 2014 - Friday 19th December 2014
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 8966
Other reference: ECKW022015
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Rocklands (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL9897
Four figure Latitude: 52.53485856
Four figure longitude: 0.9178998
1:25K map: TL9897
1:10K map: TL99NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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