Record ID: LEIC-5ABA28
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Medieval copper alloy 'beehive' thimble, 13mm high and 17mm in diameter with a weight of 4.13grams. The thimble has a plain cone shaped upper portion, marked with an incised line at its base. Below this is an area of hand drilled indentations bound on its lower side by another incised line. The indentations are separated into three sections by three borders formed of two incised lines. Each forms a curving diagonal line, spiralling down from the upper border to the lower. The thimble is plain below this point. The thimble is of a 'beehive' type dating to the late Medieval peri…
Created on: Monday 8th December 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 13th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Melton Area', grid reference and parish protected.