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THIMBLE
Unique ID: LANCUM-CB6EA8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy thimble of closed construction, dating from the early post-medieval period (c. 1500 - 1700). The crown is shallowly domed and the walls below flare to the open end. A spiral of drilled sub-square pits (probably) start at the centre of the crown and continue around the walls to the base; corrosion product obscures on the crown. The walls of the thimble are thin (1 mm thick). The length is 17mm, the width is 13mm and the weight 1.33g.
A similar example can be found on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database, Record ID: HAMP-66AC1C.
Egan (2005) illustrates similar examples on page 132, fig.126, nos.630 & 631.
- Egan, G., 2005 Material Culture in London in an Age Of Transition: Tudor and Stuart period finds c.1450 - c.1700 from excavations at riverside sites in Southwark London : Museum of London Archaeology Service, 132, fig.126 , nos.630 & 631
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 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 17 mm
Width: 13 mm
Weight: 1.33 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 9th October 2017 - Monday 9th October 2017
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Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Blackburn with Darwen (Unitary Authority)
District: Blackburn with Darwen (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Earcroft (Unitary Authority Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SD6724
Four figure Latitude: 53.71136929
Four figure longitude: -2.50144852
1:25K map: SD6724
1:10K map: SD62SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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