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BUTTON
Unique ID: NMS-A26748
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post-medieval copper alloy button comprising a white-metal coated plano-convex head and an embedded wire loop, almost all of which is missing. Diameter 14.5 - 14.9mm. Thickness 5.8mm. 17th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 5.8 mm
Diameter: 14.9 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st April 2016 - Friday 17th February 2017
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 30559
Other reference: RC032017
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Gayton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF7418
Four figure Latitude: 52.73164221
Four figure longitude: 0.57551146
1:25K map: TF7418
1:10K map: TF71NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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