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BEAD
Unique ID: KENT-3E33DC
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A chalk or lime stone globular bead of uncertain date. The bead measures 14.1mm in length and has a diameter of 14.9mm at its widest point. The internal diameter is 3.5mm. The bead weighs 3.13g.
Beads of this type are hard to date outside of excavated contexts as they are used from the Iron Age through to the Post Medieval period.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: MODERN
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 14.1 mm
Weight: 3.13 g
Diameter: 14.1 mm
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Dover (District)
Parish or ward: St. Margaret's At Cliffe (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TR3645
Four figure Latitude: 51.15555638
Four figure longitude: 1.37351213
1:25K map: TR3645
1:10K map: TR34NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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