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DAGGER

Unique ID: BERK-FDF727

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A copper alloy Tudor dagger pommel, 'T' - shaped with curved outer edge decorated with 5 diagonal grooves. One face decorated with short vertical grooves. A relatively recent break at the narrow end of the 'T'. It has a smooth dark brown/green patina and the lower part edges are faceted with three faces. Dates to c. 16th Century AD.

Notes:

Rally Record White 121

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1599

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 29.7 mm
Width: 27.8 mm
Thickness: 10.7 mm
Weight: 25.52 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 18th September 2016

Rally details.

This object was found at XP Rally Milton-under-Wychwood 2016

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Linear
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: West Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Milton-under-Wychwood (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP2617
Four figure Latitude: 51.85099327
Four figure longitude: -1.6239377
1:25K map: SP2617
1:10K map: SP21NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

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Created: 7 years ago
Updated: 6 years ago

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