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BUTTON
Unique ID: BH-1C127E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete cast copper-alloy button dating to the Post-Medieval period (the seventeenth century). The button is circular in plan and hemispherical in cross-section. The upper surface of the head is decorated with an elaborate linear design that is possibly foliate in nature. The concave underside of the head is plain with an attachment loop protruding from the centre. The loop is sub-rectangular in plan and section and has the remains of a circular-section iron pin through its circular perforation. The button measures 26mm in diameter and is 8mm in height. The button weighs 6.01 grams.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 8 mm
Weight: 6.01 g
Diameter: 26 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 24th February 2016 - Wednesday 24th February 2016
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: North Hertfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Ashwell (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL2541
Four figure Latitude: 52.0532968
Four figure longitude: -0.17841006
1:25K map: TL2541
1:10K map: TL24SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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