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SCABBARD
Unique ID: BERK-9C575B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy Late Medieval sheet metal scabbard chape with copius remains of tinning. It has a forked upper edge and tapering sides. There are rivet holes in the front, back and sides. Dates to the period c. 15th Century AD.
Notes:
Oxfordshire & West Berkshire PAS Record Sheet No: B442
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1499
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 45.36 mm
Width: 27.05 mm
Thickness: 6.98 mm
Weight: 11.93 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 15th September 2017
Rally details.
This object was found at Detectival 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: West Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Leafield (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP3014
Four figure Latitude: 51.82382138
Four figure longitude: -1.56612665
1:25K map: SP3014
1:10K map: SP31SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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