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THIMBLE
Unique ID: CORN-EDE5FE
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Cast copper alloy thimble, bent out of shape in plan so that it is no longer circular, but still slightly conical in profile with a rounded crown. The thimble is complete but flattened on one side with worn patches around the outer surface and a small tear at the base where it has been crushed into a point. There is a plain raised border around the base that is 2.3 mm in depth, and above this the thimble is covered with drilled irregular circular pits, spaced at five per cm in circumferential rings. At the crown at the top of the dome the pits have been spaced in pairs like petals around a central pair to produce a rosette shape. The thimble is of a heavy-duty type, made of metal that is around 2 mm thick at the base.
Egan (2010) illustrates similar thimbles on p.267, fig.206, nos.830-831, dating from c.1400-1450.
Read (1988) illustrates a similar example on p.76, no.431, which is dated from the 15th century.
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 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 19 mm
Height: 19 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 9.05 g
Diameter: 20 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 3rd August 2017 - Thursday 3rd August 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 7
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: St. Levan (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SW3822
Four figure Latitude: 50.04033929
Four figure longitude: -5.66052502
1:25K map: SW3822
1:10K map: SW32NE
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egan, G. | 1998 | The Medieval Household: Daily Living c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London) | London | The Stationery Office | p.267, fig.206 | nos.830-831 | |
| Read, B. | 1995 | History Beneath our Feet (1995) | Ipswich | Anglia Publishing | p.76 | no.431 |
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