Rights Holder: The Portable Antiquities Scheme
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Unique ID: SUSS-C77DC5
Object type certainty: Certain
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A cast copper-alloy needle of uncertain Bronze Age to Post Medieval date. The needle shaft is oval in cross-section. The needle tapers at each end, but each end is damaged preventing further identification. It measures 54.6mm long and 2.5mm diameter at the middle and it weighs 1.77 grams.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa 1500 BC
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Quantity: 1
Length: 54.6 mm
Weight: 1.77 g
Diameter: 2.5 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 30th January 2018 - Tuesday 30th January 2018
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
4 Figure: TG0811
Four figure Latitude: 52.65681141
Four figure longitude: 1.07390703
1:25K map: TG0811
1:10K map: TG01SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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