OXON-C233A6: Medieval thimble: Beehive thimble

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THIMBLE

Unique ID: OXON-C233A6

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An incomplete and flattened Medieval to post-Medieval copper-alloy domed ('beehive') closed thimble (c. AD 1400-1550). This thimble would have been circular in plan and the thick walls taper inwards from the base towards the crown. There is a plain rim and no manufacturing marks. The outer face has a line of evenly spaced sub-circular pits which spiral in a clockwise direction from the base to the top. The crown has concentric rings of similar pits.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1550

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Height: 23.3 mm
Weight: 8 g
Diameter: 30 mm

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: OXPAS2018.500

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Vale of White Horse (District)
Parish or ward: Upton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU5085
Four figure Latitude: 51.56167054
Four figure longitude: -1.28010842
1:25K map: SU5085
1:10K map: SU58NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: OXON
Created: 5 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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