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TAP
Unique ID: PUBLIC-EB22D4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy barrel tap of Post-Medieval date, circa AD1700- 1900. The fragment is cylindrical, tapering along it's length to a closed spout with three off-centre perforations with a crude circumferential border. The length of the tap is decorated with numerous linear striations and four rows of four irregularly aligned perforations. The open end is broken and worn, and the tap is hollow. Similar fragments have been recorded as WMID-5BB0A6, LIN-D1CFC7, ESS-2D7105 and YORYM-588BCE.
Length 25.7 mm, diameter 14.9 mm, thickness 16.6 mm. Weight 16.7 gm.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1700
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 25.7 mm
Width: 14.9 mm
Thickness: 16.6 mm
Weight: 16.7 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 17th August 2013
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Cottingham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TA0232
Four figure Latitude: 53.7743566
Four figure longitude: -0.45375254
1:25K map: TA0232
1:10K map: TA03SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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