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BUTTON
Unique ID: LANCUM-F26AC8
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Lead button of late medieval date (c. 1400 - 1500 AD). The button is large, flat and circular. The front face displays a design in relief of the crowned facing bust of the Virgin Mary with floral sprays at either side of her head. The back face has a central oval spur, representing the remains of the integral attachment loop. The edges of the button are heavily fragmented. The object is dark grey in colour. It is 24.68mm in diameter, 6.52mm at maximum thickness and weighs 9.50g.
A similar, if less detailed, example is depicted in Bailey, Buttons and Fasteners 500BC-AD1840, p. 19, fig. 6.11, which is dated to the fifteenth century. See also LANCUM-F2870B, which is of almost identical design and was found in close proximity to this one.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 6.52 mm
Weight: 9.5 g
Diameter: 24.68 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: N5164
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Decoration style: Figurative
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cumbria (County)
District: Allerdale (District)
Parish or ward: Ireby and Uldale (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: NY2337
Four figure Latitude: 54.72207577
Four figure longitude: -3.1969819
1:25K map: NY2337
1:10K map: NY23NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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