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THIMBLE
Unique ID: NARC-99299D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete copper alloy Medieval Sewing Ring or open Thimble dating the period AD 1200-1450. The object was cylindrical, and open at both ends with straight sides, but has been squashed to a flatter shape. The thimble consists of a long strip of copper alloy wrapped into a cylindrical shape around the digit; the ends of the strip are not fixed together as a joined seam, but overlap. No solder is present suggesting that the seam may have simply overlapped when used, permitting size adjustment. The bottom rim is wider than the top rim. Neither rim is thickened. There is no decoration around the rims or on the inside. The outside of the thimble is covered with closely packed irregular columns of punched circular indentations.
The thimble is green in colour
The overlapping seam suggests a date of c. 1200-1450 (Read 2018, 9-10; Egan 1998, nos. 814-820).
Height: 15.08mm, Width: 22.02mm, Thickness: 0.74mm, Weight: 2.6g
Class: Sewing Ring
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 15.08 mm
Width: 22.02 mm
Thickness: 0.74 mm
Weight: 2.6 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: Daventry (District)
Parish or ward: Dodford (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP6061
Four figure Latitude: 52.2439226
Four figure longitude: -1.12266107
1:25K map: SP6061
1:10K map: SP66SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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