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BUTTON

Unique ID: NLM-ECE886

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Copper alloy button fragment. Cast flat discoid button front with a central scar on one side where a separate loop has been lost. Indistinct maker's details appear as a stamped circumferential legend on the back. Bent across the middle. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900.

Diameter: 19.4mm, Thickness: 1.2mm, Weight: 3.49gms.

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 1850
Date to: Circa AD 1900

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.2 mm
Weight: 3.49 g
Diameter: 19.4 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 24th April 2016

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: NLM32422

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Wakefield (Metropolitan District)
District: Wakefield (Metropolitan District)
To be known as: Darrington

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

No references cited so far.

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Recording Institution: NLM
Created: 7 years ago
Updated: 7 years ago

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