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KNIFE
Unique ID: NMS-D613A7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A knife-end stop, bifurcated in the form of two horses hooves with shoes, both with vertical groove between four nail-holes and prominent calkins, a slot contains a fragment of the iron tang. Width 13.5mm. Length 11mm (excluding tang). Cf. Read (2001), fig.56, 650-2. 16th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 11 mm
Width: 13.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 22nd April 2017 - Wednesday 3rd May 2017
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 30607
Other reference: ENMD052017
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Broadland (District)
Parish or ward: Foulsham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG0325
Four figure Latitude: 52.78438563
Four figure longitude: 1.00873576
1:25K map: TG0325
1:10K map: TG02NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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