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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: SWYOR-EDCDF6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An unidentified copper alloy artefact, of Post-Medieval to Modern date, about AD 1500 - 1950. It consists of a long, flat stem which is rectangular in plan and broken in the middle. The ends of the two broken pieces do not match, suggesting that there may be a third piece, now missing. One of the pieces broadens into a flat oval before narrowing again to a flat strip which curves inwards.The centre of the oval is pierced by a circular iron rivet. The inner side of the flat strip is decorated with a row of concave, circular depressions and the outside with a raised longitudinal ridge of D-shaped cross-section. The reverse of the oval portion is plain. The artefact has a patchy, light green patina. The combined length of the two pieces is 79.8mm. It is 20.6mm wide and 4.4mm thick. It weighs 17.62g.
Similar artefacts are recorded on the database: compare for example records DENO-B659B5 and SWYOR-715FC5.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1950
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 2
Length: 79.8 mm
Width: 20.6 mm
Thickness: 4.4 mm
Weight: 17.62 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st January 2018 - Wednesday 22nd August 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 3217
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Rotherham (Metropolitan District)
District: Rotherham (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Wath (Metropolitan District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE4400
Four figure Latitude: 53.49487141
Four figure longitude: -1.33823934
1:25K map: SE4400
1:10K map: SE40SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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