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THIMBLE
Unique ID: BH-433F18
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A complete cast copper-alloy thimble dating to the late Medieval or Post-Medieval period, broadly AD 1400-1550. The thimble consists of a single hollow domed sheet. The exterior surface is covered with small circular indentations except for a thin plain circumferential boarder around the lower edge and around the tip of the dome. In the centre of the dome is a small circular perforation that extends through to the underside. The underside of the thimble is plain. The thimble measures 14mm in height, has an external diameter of 17mm and a thickness of 1mm. The thimble weighs 2.28 grams.
A similar example recorded by Egan (2005, p. 131, no. 621) is more closely dated to the period c. AD 1530-1550.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1530
Date to: Circa AD 1550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 14 mm
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 2.28 g
Diameter: 17 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: North Hertfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Therfield (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL3436
Four figure Latitude: 52.00626867
Four figure longitude: -0.04918996
1:25K map: TL3436
1:10K map: TL33NW
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egan, G. | 2005 | Material Culture in London in an Age Of Transition: Tudor and Stuart period finds c.1450 - c.1700 from excavations at riverside sites in Southwark | London | Museum of London Archaeology Service | p. 131 | no. 621 |
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