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BODKIN

Unique ID: BERK-9719E3

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A complete but bent Post Medieval copper alloy bodkin with elongated threading hole. Now bent and missing tip. 17th century AD in date.

Notes:

Bucks PAS Record Sheet No 92

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: 56.55 mm
Width: 5.28 mm
Thickness: 2.86 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 8th April 2016

Rally details.

This object was found at Weekend Wanderers - Wicken,Northants

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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: Northamptonshire (County)
District: South Northamptonshire (District)
Parish or ward: Wicken (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP7538
Four figure Latitude: 52.03534293
Four figure longitude: -0.90807721
1:25K map: SP7538
1:10K map: SP73NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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Created: 6 years ago
Updated: 6 years ago

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