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CHAPE
Unique ID: YORYM-FDF889
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Complete copper-alloy post-medieval or modern chape or lace-tag (c. 1600 - 1800 AD) with two copper-alloy rivets. The chape is cylindrical in plan and tapers towards a turned knob at the base. The chape is formed from a rolled copper-alloy sheet with a straight seam faintly visible along the edge. The chape is badly dented and this has resulted in a flattened aspect. There is a copper-alloy rivet positioned central at the wide end of the cylindrical body, and another smaller copper-alloy rivet at the very edge. The hollow interior of the chape is filled with organic material as a result of its deposition. The chape is marked and slightly corroded, the corrosion of the copper-alloy causing green patches on an otherwise smooth brown patina. The chape is 20.68mm in length, 8.73mm in width and 4.31mm in thickness, with a weight of 1.67g.
There are similar examples on the database, both in better condition: YORYM - EF9323 and BUC - CCEC34.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 20.68 mm
Width: 8.73 mm
Thickness: 4.31 mm
Weight: 1.67 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: YMT : E05278
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Ryedale (District)
Parish or ward: Wrelton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE7686
Four figure Latitude: 54.26402621
Four figure longitude: -0.8346857
1:25K map: SE7686
1:10K map: SE78NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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