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CLOTH SEAL
Unique ID: BERK-D5885B
Object type certainty: Certain
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A fragment of the central disc of a probable two-part cloth seal of post-medieval date. The fragment appears to depict a grid pattern or possibly a portcullis. The latter design, usually with a crown above the portcullis, is seen on cloth seals from English counties during the reign of Elizabeth I (AD 1558-1603), although Egan (in Saunders 2001:60-61) also notes an example with reference to Henry VIII.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1558
Date to: Circa AD 1603
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 1 g
Diameter: 8.7 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: OXPAS2016.167
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: West Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Stonesfield (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP4017
Four figure Latitude: 51.85016847
Four figure longitude: -1.42069536
1:25K map: SP4017
1:10K map: SP41NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saunders, P. | 2001 | Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum Medieval Catalogue Part 3 | Salisbury | Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum |
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