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DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Unique ID: SUR-DDE314
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Post Medieval copper-alloy dress fastener with a circular body. cf Read 387 etc for similar examples.
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: 37.17 mm
Width: 17.09 mm
Weight: 1.94 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 16-314
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Hart (District)
Parish or ward: Odiham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU7749
Four figure Latitude: 51.23499806
Four figure longitude: -0.89847826
1:25K map: SU7749
1:10K map: SU74NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read, B. | 2008 | Hooked-Clasps and Eyes | Langport | Portcullis Publishing | 387 etc |
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