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BEAD
Unique ID: LVPL-7076A9
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A light blue glass bead of Iron Age to post-medieval date. The bead is spherical in shape with a circular hole through the centre and is made from an opaque light blue glass. The hole has an internal diameter of 4.5mm. The outer surface of the bead is cracked and pitted in places.
Dimensions: 12mm in diameter, 16.5mm in length, 2.85g.
Guido (1999) classifies this type of bead group 6i, blue glass annular bead.
When lacking specific diagnostic features and not from a secure archaeological context glass beads are difficult to date precisely as simple beads like this one were in use across multiple periods.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 16.5 mm
Weight: 2.85 g
Diameter: 12 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st October 2017 - Friday 10th November 2017
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Wales (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wrexham (Unitary Authority)
District: Wrexham (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Rossett (Community)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SJ3458
Four figure Latitude: 53.11507881
Four figure longitude: -2.98751635
1:25K map: SJ3458
1:10K map: SJ35NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guido, M. | 1999 | The Glass Beads of Anglo-Saxon England c. AD 400-700 | London | Society of Antiquaries |
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