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Unique ID: WILT-109D62
Object type certainty: Certain
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A medieval copper-alloy thimble, probably dating to c. AD 1400-1550. The thimble has a domed head with slightly sloping sides. The pits are circular and hand drilled running in a spiral, leaving a tonsure at the apex.
Measurements: Length 18.7mm; Width 21.7mm; Thickness 1.9mm: Weight 9.06g
Reference: Egan 1998, 265-266, Holmes (1988) fig. 2a.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1550
Quantity: 1
Length: 18.7 mm
Width: 21.7 mm
Thickness: 1.9 mm
Weight: 9.06 g
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Other reference: SSWM 5483
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
4 Figure: ST9159
Four figure Latitude: 51.33002364
Four figure longitude: -2.1305614
1:25K map: ST9159
1:10K map: ST95NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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