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BUTTON
Unique ID: NMS-0E5579
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
5 copper alloy and white metal post-medieval buttons: as Read nos. 112, 146, 151, 228 and 283. 17th 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: 5
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 29th June 2017 - Wednesday 26th July 2017
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 28691
Other reference: DDMD072017
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: White metal
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Broadland (District)
Parish or ward: Beighton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG3807
Four figure Latitude: 52.60859769
Four figure longitude: 1.51373507
1:25K map: TG3807
1:10K map: TG30NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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