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BUTTON

Unique ID: SOMDOR-A7E013

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Domed, copper alloy button front. Part of a composite button (3 piece) A circular, hollow, hemisphere with incised line decoration on the outer surface.AThe decoration is geometric in design with a central outlined triangle inside a hatched triangle with incurving, double strand sides.

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
Thickness: 6.42 mm
Weight: 2.51 g
Diameter: 14.87 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2003

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: North Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Spetisbury (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: ST8902
Four figure Latitude: 50.81743902
Four figure longitude: -2.15751432
1:25K map: ST8902
1:10K map: ST80SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth less than 0.25 m

References cited

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Audit data

Recording Institution: SOMDOR
Created: 19 years ago
Updated: 8 years ago

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