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BUTTON
Unique ID: NMS-1BB380
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post-medieval copper alloy button with an integral drilled loop: a biconical, hollow openwork head with a small central nipple, six sub-triangular perforations on the front face, and six perforations on the rear face. Comparable with Baart et al. 1977, 185, no. 235, Margeson 1993, 20-2, fig. 11 no. 102 and Read 2005, 30, no. 93. Diameter 11.3mm. Length 17.2mm. 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: 17.2 mm
Diameter: 11.3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 8th March 2018 - Wednesday 4th April 2018
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 24405
Other reference: ENMD042018
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: Great Yarmouth (District)
Parish or ward: Martham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG4518
Four figure Latitude: 52.70417791
Four figure longitude: 1.62506537
1:25K map: TG4518
1:10K map: TG41NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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