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BEAD
Unique ID: CORN-C3B832
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Mid blue wound small disc bead, circular in plan and slightly biconical in profile. The bead is regularly formed with very even and parallel turned lines on the exterior indicating a mass produced item. There is also no 'tail' at the end of the turned glass on the edge of the perforation on one side and there is no sign of any spiraling into the hole. The perforation is a perfect circle in plan and cylinder in profile. There are indications of wear in a circular pattern on both sides around the central aperture, suggesting this was part of a necklace, but other than that there is no wear. The bead is produced by spinning the molten glass around a mandril or iron rod to form a glass tube which is then cut into individual segments or discs, when still hot, with a cold metal blade (Alan Burchell pers comm). The form, manufacture and colouration suggest that the bead is post-medieval to modern in date.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1800
Date to: Circa AD 1950
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 4 mm
Weight: 0.45 g
Diameter: 8 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 20th March 2017 - Monday 20th March 2017
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Hayle (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SW5638
Four figure Latitude: 50.19163314
Four figure longitude: -5.41984988
1:25K map: SW5638
1:10K map: SW58SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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