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KNIFE
Unique ID: SWYOR-CBB5D7
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy knife tang and integral end cap of late Medieval to Post Medieval date, about AD 1300 - 1700. The tange is rectangular in section and plan, and has circular rivet holes through it for the attachment of the knife handle. Only 20mm of its length survives. Integrally cast at one end is a sub-square knife end cap. It has four holes pierced through it in a quatrefoil pattern, and one of the end corners is expended to the side. A pointed knop projects from the end. The object is 42.2mm long, 18.9mm wide and 7.2mm thick. 14.15g.
Several matching objcts are recorded on the PAS database as mounts, and some as knifes: NMS-EA5C64, DOR-B213C1, GLO-936555 and BH-7FB204 for example. Though these is no exact parallel in Moore (1995) Table Knives and Forks, the general style is sufficiently similar to the knives illustrated to enable this attribution to be suggested.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 42.2 mm
Width: 18.9 mm
Thickness: 7.2 mm
Weight: 14.15 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 2015 - Thursday 31st December 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 2915
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Doncaster (Metropolitan District)
District: Doncaster (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Wadworth (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK5598
Four figure Latitude: 53.47586393
Four figure longitude: -1.17279872
1:25K map: SK5598
1:10K map: SK59NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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