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BUTTON
Unique ID: LANCUM-2116F4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval copper-alloy button dating from the 14th-16th century. Small domed with integrally cast shank.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 14 mm
Width: 13 mm
Weight: 4.92 g
Diameter: 13 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st September 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cumbria (County)
District: Eden (District)
To be known as: Carlisle
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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