Rights Holder: The British Museum
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Unique ID: PAS-8F93BC
Object type certainty: Possibly
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Stone object, possibly a bead, circular in plan and sub-oval in section, with rounded edges. It is perforated with a small hole (all the way through) its sides. It has on both sides an inscribed image of a deer, facing right. The stone is mottled and dark in colour.
Notes:
The finder belives this to be early in date (prehistoric), but Jill Cook (British Museum) suggests a much more recent date, of possible Scandinavian origin.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1750
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Quantity: 1
Width: 9.8 mm
Weight: 12.34 g
Diameter: 24.08 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 22nd April 2016
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Primary material: Stone
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased
4 Figure: TQ3878
Four figure Latitude: 51.48412374
Four figure longitude: -0.01394376
1:25K map: TQ3878
1:10K map: TQ37NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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