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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: SOM-4A79BC
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An unidentified copper alloy object of probable Medieval to Post-Medieval date. The object consists of a sub-circular-sectioned shank, c. 3.3mm in diameter and c. 22.7mm in length, constricting at one terminal and expanding in in cross section at the other end. At this end the shank becomes sub-lozengiform in cross section, and measuring 6.4mm by 5.8mm at the maximum, from where it tapers into a narrowed waist before expanding into a lozengiform terminal knop, 10.2mm long, 5.4mm wide and 4.8mm thick.
Overall dimensions: Length 51.4mm; width 6.4mm; thickness 5.8mm; weight 5.23g.
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 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 51.4 mm
Width: 6.4 mm
Thickness: 5.8 mm
Weight: 5.23 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt: 019856
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
Parish or ward: Misterton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST4408
Four figure Latitude: 50.86877657
Four figure longitude: -2.79717523
1:25K map: ST4408
1:10K map: ST40NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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