PUBLIC-35DC86: PUBLIC-35DC86 MEDIEVAL THIMBLE

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THIMBLE

Unique ID: PUBLIC-35DC86

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A complete but slightly squashed Medieval to post-Medieval copper-alloy domed ('beehive') closed thimble (c. 1400-c. 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 lines of evenly spaced sub-circular indentations/drilled pits encircling from the base to the top. The crown has concentric rings of similar pits.

The outer face of this thimble has a green patina.

Height: 17.87mm; width: 27.6mm; thickness: 13.25mm; thickness of walls: 1.25mm. Weight: 6.28g.

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: With finder
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: 17.87 mm
Width: 27.6 mm
Thickness: 13.25 mm
Weight: 6.28 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 10th June 2018

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Dover (District)
Parish or ward: Eythorne and Shepherdswell (District Ward)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TR2648
Four figure Latitude: 51.18652316
Four figure longitude: 1.23264163
1:25K map: TR2648
1:10K map: TR24NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Discovery circumstances: Metal detecting on private farmland
Current location: With finder
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth less than 0.25 m

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

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