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THIMBLE
Unique ID: NMS-064D39
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Late medieval to early post medieval copper alloy thimble dating to the period c. AD 1300 - 1550. It is formed of a single piece of sheet copper alloy, cylindrical with a domed, closed top. The exterior is covered in a series of hand-punched circular pits. Two circumferential grooves run around the mouth.
Similar thimbles have been dated to the later part of the medieval period (c. AD 1400-1550) by Edwin Holmes (Sewing Thimbles FRG Datasheet 9) and are commonly known as "beehive" thimbles. Egan (1998) illustrates a number of copper alloy thimbles dating from the 14thcentury onwards.
See: Egan, G., (1998) The Medieval Household: Daily Living c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London) London : The Stationery Office.
Holmes, E.F., (1988) Sewing Thimbles. Finds Research Group 700-1700 Datasheet 9.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 20 mm
Weight: 7.8 g
Diameter: 20.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 17th March 2018 - Saturday 17th March 2018
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 40012
Other reference: NHRG042018
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: North Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Tunstead (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG2821
Four figure Latitude: 52.73852043
Four figure longitude: 1.37600385
1:25K map: TG2821
1:10K map: TG22SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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