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TOGGLE
Unique ID: SF-3BEF08
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete copper alloy late Iron Age/early Roman toggle. It has an oval central section with a constriction at either end followed by slightly flattened knob. There is a rectangular hole through the central section. The surface of the metal is very corroded and has a dark brown patina.
Looped toggles appear to have been an antecedent of button and loop fasteners and were probably used both to fasten clothing and horses harnesses. This example belongs to a common form of which a number have now been recorded on the PAS database, e.g. SF-CC1085, SOM-484F4F, BH-417200, NMS-213C35 and NMGW-A2C3D7.
Length: 32.97mm, width: 13.16mm, thickness: 8.13mm, weight: 8.05g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa 200 BC
Date to: Circa AD 100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 32.97 mm
Width: 13.16 mm
Thickness: 8.13 mm
Weight: 8.05 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 4th June 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Lackford
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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