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THIMBLE
Unique ID: NMS-83C0F2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Slightly squashed post-medieval copper alloy thimble with a single encircling line within a plain band above the base. The rest of the sides and the low conical top are covered with a continuous spiral of rectangular indentations. A sub-square maker's mark, possibly a bird, is stamped before the start of the spiral. Diameter c.18mm. Height c.19mm. Probably a Nuremberg product. c.1520 - c.1620.
Field CAW1
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1520
Date to: Circa AD 1620
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 19 mm
Diameter: 18 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st March 2017 - Friday 31st March 2017
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 11937
Other reference: SET032017
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Stamped
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Broadland (District)
Parish or ward: Cawston (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG1424
Four figure Latitude: 52.77116531
Four figure longitude: 1.17093051
1:25K map: TG1424
1:10K map: TG12SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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