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BEAD
Unique ID: SWYOR-8D9CB4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An opaque light blue globular glass bead of unknown date, Iron Age to Modern, 400 BC - AD 1900. The object is 9.2mm in diameter, has a length of 7.4mm and weighs 0.79g. The central perforation has a diameter of 3.3mm. The bead was formed from a spiral of molten glass, visible as a slight spiral ridge.
Glass beads are problematic to date. Whilst often considered to be Roman (see, for example, LON-00CE9C, and SWYOR-F91EF7) or Early Medieval, beads of this form have been in use from the Iron Age through to modern times, for example 'in spangles on lace making bobbins in the 19th century', (GLO-867B76). Consequently it is not possible, without additional contextual or diagnostic evidence, to date this bead with any accuracy.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa 400 BC
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 7.4 mm
Weight: 0.79 g
Diameter: 9.2 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 15th July 2018 - Thursday 11th October 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 3251
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wakefield (Metropolitan District)
District: Wakefield (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Featherstone (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE4320
Four figure Latitude: 53.67470791
Four figure longitude: -1.35056301
1:25K map: SE4320
1:10K map: SE42SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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