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KNIFE
Unique ID: NMS-B1A632
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Post-medieval copper alloy knife end stop, cast in the form of a trefoil, with corroded remains of iron scale tang in slot. Length (excluding tang) 17mm, width 16mm, thickness 9mm. Similar to Read 2001, no.656, but without the perforation. Close to an example from West Acre (NMS-0EDEE5). 16th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 17 mm
Width: 16 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 12th December 2017 - Monday 8th January 2018
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 22053
Other reference: KLMD012018
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Methwold (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL7195
Four figure Latitude: 52.52603537
Four figure longitude: 0.51923212
1:25K map: TL7195
1:10K map: TL79NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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