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TOGGLE
Unique ID: WAW-36B12B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Iron Age (200 BC to AD 100) toggle: The copper alloy toggle has a swollen central section with an oval perforation. The interior walls of the perforation are concave, and the perforation is off-centre leaving one wall to be thinner than the other. This may be due to wear and use rather than cast. Integral to either end is an extended arm which is circular in section and terminates with a bulbous knop. The arms are slightly waisted (narrowed).
The surface of the toggle has a well-developed shiny mid green patina which incomplete.
The toggle measures 33.1mm long, 12.57mm wide, 8.3mm thick and weighs 6.01g.
Similar examples are recorded on this database including HESH-EDB833, GLO-E0E5F3 and BH-417200 which all have decorative grooves separating the sections whereas as SOM-484F4F does not. The toggle dates to c. 200 BC to AD 100.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly 200 BC
Date to: Exactly AD 100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33.1 mm
Width: 12.57 mm
Thickness: 8.3 mm
Weight: 6.01 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 21st August 2016 - Sunday 21st August 2016
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Hinckley and Bosworth (District)
Parish or ward: Sheepy (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK3303
Four figure Latitude: 52.6237658
Four figure longitude: -1.51394687
1:25K map: SK3303
1:10K map: SK30SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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