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KNIFE
Unique ID: NMS-1332ED
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy shoulder bolster from a medieval to post-medieval whittle-tang knife, cf. Read 2016, no. 645, length 11.6mm, width 18.8mm, thickness 10.2mm. The tang aperture measures 8.8 x 4mm. Mid 14th - 16th 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
Length: 11.6 mm
Width: 18.8 mm
Thickness: 10.2 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 2010 - Tuesday 31st December 2013
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 21317
Other reference: THSK062017
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: North Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Field Dalling (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG0137
Four figure Latitude: 52.89286004
Four figure longitude: 0.98650964
1:25K map: TG0137
1:10K map: TG03NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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