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THIMBLE

Unique ID: DOR-71BDAE

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A copper alloy domed thimble dating to c.1400 - c.1500. It is very worn and squashed. Two closely fitting layers of copper alloy are visible, most noticeable where the outer layer is missing around the crown and at the base where the inner component has been squashed resulting in folds in the metal. The outer sleeve has few surviving pits but what survive are hand punched, the inner layer is plain. The outer wall is incomplete in sections revealing the inner. The thimble does not have any rim detail and now has a dark green patina. Thimbles of a similar construction can be found on this database including HAMP-511211 SWYOR-EB197 and SWYOR-6DE545.
Reference: Read.B, pg.28, no.115.
Date: Medieval.
Height: 22.9mm.
Width: 28.0mm
Thickness: 1.65mm (walls)
Weight: 13.38g (with soil inside)

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1500

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Height: 22.9 mm
Width: 28 mm
Thickness: 1.65 mm
Weight: 13.38 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 7th October 2018

Rally details.

This object was found at Piddletrenthide October 2018

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: FRS 46

Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: West Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Piddletrenthide (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SY7099
Four figure Latitude: 50.78978575
Four figure longitude: -2.42697042
1:25K map: SY7099
1:10K map: SY79NW
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

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Read, B.	2018	Metal Sewing-Thimbles Found in Britain	Oxford	Archaeopress	Pg.28	no.115

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

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