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BUTTON
Unique ID: NMS-B04E19
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post-medieval copper alloy button comprising a solid plano-convex head decorated in relief with an eight-bladed clockwise impeller around a central pellet, and an integral drilled loop. Cf. Read 2005, no. 112. Diameter 13mm. Length 14.5mm. 16th century.
Field SH2
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: 14.5 mm
Diameter: 13 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st March 2015 - Tuesday 31st March 2015
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 60247
Other reference: SET042015
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: Shropham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL9891
Four figure Latitude: 52.48098898
Four figure longitude: 0.91433183
1:25K map: TL9891
1:10K map: TL99SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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