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SCABBARD
Unique ID: NMS-B54E1C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete medieval copper alloy sheet sword scabbard chape, damaged straight top edge. Soldered overlapping vertical soldered seam on the reverse. Four petals crimped together at base. Length 51mm. Width at top 30mm. Perhaps 14th - 15th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 51 mm
Width: 30 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 14th November 2017 - Tuesday 11th December 2018
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 62269
Other reference: KLMD122017
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Sedgeford (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF7237
Four figure Latitude: 52.90291142
Four figure longitude: 0.55591911
1:25K map: TF7237
1:10K map: TF73NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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