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PURSE

Unique ID: DOR-80912B

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A copper alloy swivelling suspension loop from a purse bar of uncertain type. The frame of the loop is oval with a D-shaped cross section. At one end is a flaring circular sectioned projection which then constricts into a broken circular sectioned shank. This would have would have attached the loop to the missing purse bar.
Date: Late Medieval to early Post Medieval - c.1450-1550
Dimensions: 32.56 mm x 20.44 mm x 5.08 mm
Weight: 7.64 g

Class: Bar

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1450
Date to: Circa AD 1550

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 32.56 mm
Width: 20.44 mm
Thickness: 5.08 mm
Weight: 7.65 g

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: SCMS 017663

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: Bradford Peverell (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SY6393
Four figure Latitude: 50.73542644
Four figure longitude: -2.52566871
1:25K map: SY6393
1:10K map: SY63NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Other

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

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