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BUTTON

Unique ID: LANCUM-D2E62A

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Copper alloy button. A plain flat discoid front with a crimped wire loop brazed to the back. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900. There are traces of gilding on the button and it may have been a livery button. The diameter is 23mm and the weight 5.23g.

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 1850
Date to: Circa AD 1900

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 5.23 g
Diameter: 23 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 5th June 2018 - Tuesday 5th June 2018

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: South Cambridgeshire (District)
Parish or ward: Over (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TL3770
Four figure Latitude: 52.31102582
Four figure longitude: 0.00819307
1:25K map: TL3770
1:10K map: TL37SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Minimal cultivation

References cited

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Audit data

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

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