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KNIFE
Unique ID: NMS-C7EACC
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval oval sheet copper alloy hilt plate from a whittle-tang knife, cf. Read 2016, nos. 642-4. 26.5 x 15.4mm. Tang hole 5 x 1mm. 13th - 15th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 26.5 mm
Width: 15.4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 15th December 2015 - Monday 12th December 2016
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 31490
Other reference: SB022017
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Shouldham Thorpe (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF6508
Four figure Latitude: 52.64464563
Four figure longitude: 0.43734772
1:25K map: TF6508
1:10K map: TF60NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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