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TOY
Unique ID: NARC-1BA40E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy Toy firearm of Post-Medieval date (AD 1600 - 1700). The firearm is likely a musket or similar type of gun. The barrel is oval in shape and hollow and has a cast outer ridge running around two sides. At the junction between the barrel and the stock is a small priming hole to fire the musket with a cast hammer on the left hand edge. The stock is a flared triangular form. On the underside of the stock is a rectangular trigger loop. The stock is decorated on both faces with four evenly spaced ring ad dot motifs.
The metal is a dark green in colour with a predominantly smooth patina.
Forsyth and Egan 2005, section 1 Pgs 88-104. This example is most similar to Type 5.
Length: 85.03mm, Width: 8.12mm, Thickness (of barrel): 7.53mm, Weight: 19.3g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 85.03 mm
Width: 8.12 mm
Thickness: 7.53 mm
Weight: 19.3 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Geometric
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: South Northamptonshire (District)
Parish or ward: Wicken (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP7438
Four figure Latitude: 52.03547707
Four figure longitude: -0.9226522
1:25K map: SP7438
1:10K map: SP73NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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