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BUTTON
Unique ID: SUR-E52AA5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Post Medieval copper-alloy one piece button showing eight spiralling arms and with an integral drilled shank. cf Read no. 112 for a similar example.
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 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.41 g
Diameter: 12.83 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 31st December 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 16-351
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Wylye (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU0038
Four figure Latitude: 51.14126737
Four figure longitude: -2.00137918
1:25K map: SU0038
1:10K map: SU03NW
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. | 2005 | Metal Buttons c. 900 BC - c. AD 1700 | Langport | Portcullis Publishing | 112 |
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