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THIMBLE
Unique ID: HAMP-CEEEFA
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete medieval to early post-medieval copper alloy closed thimble, dating from 1350 - 1600. The thimble is beehive shaped with a domed, 'tonsure' top (Holmes 1988; 3) and flaring sides. There is a crack (old damage) at the top of the walls to one side.
The circular pits are hand-drilled and arranged in vertical lines (becoming more angled and even diagonal in places) around the walls. Around the domed closed end of the thimble the drilled pits are in an apparent spiral; the very centre is undecorated (the 'tonsure').
The thimble measures 19.1mm in length/ height, 19.0mm in maximum width/ diameter (at the domed top, 15.5mm), the walls are 1.1mm thick and the object weighs 3.43g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 19.1 mm
Height: 19.1 mm
Width: 19 mm
Thickness: 1.1 mm
Weight: 3.43 g
Diameter: 19 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Hampshire Cultural Trust Object Entry Form WINCM 708
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: East Dorset (District)
To be known as: Alderholt
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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