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KNIFE

Unique ID: SUSS-A2A18A

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A cast copper alloy Post Medieval knife stop and fragment of the iron knife blade, dating from c. 16th century AD. The knife stop is bifurcated in design, but not of hammer head or 'horse's hoof' style. Instead the bifurcation is slightly curving and at a diagonal to the knife blade fragment rather than sitting horizontally across the top of the knife. The knife stop and blade fragment measures 19.08 mm long, 11.62 mm wide, 7.63 mm thick at knife stop and 2.7 mm thick at blade fragment; it weighs 5.4 grams. Cf. Read 2001 p. 88.

Class: Stop

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 1600

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 19.08 mm
Width: 11.62 mm
Thickness: 7.63 mm
Weight: 5.4 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 27th May 2015

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Lewes (District)
Parish or ward: Firle (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TQ4808
Four figure Latitude: 50.85258855
Four figure longitude: 0.10118488
1:25K map: TQ4808
1:10K map: TQ40NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Discovery circumstances: Date listed is date submitted for recording.
General landuse: Cultivated land

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Recording Institution: SUSS
Created: 8 years ago
Updated: 8 years ago

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