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BUTTON
Unique ID: NMS-BA9224
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Three post-medieval copper alloy buttons, each consisting of a solid plano-convex head of grey metal and an embedded wire loop, 17th century:
- incomplete loop. Diameter 16mm, head thickness 4mm.
- central nipple. Diameter 12.5mm, head thickness 5.5mm.
- diameter 11.5mm, head thickness 4mm.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 3
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 16th January 2018 - Monday 19th February 2018
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 49128
Other reference: NMD022018
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Great Dunham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF8614
Four figure Latitude: 52.69173531
Four figure longitude: 0.75075471
1:25K map: TF8614
1:10K map: TF81SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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