Thirteen animal bone fragments recovered from a Prisoner of War and workhouse cemetery have circular drilled perforations.

These fragments represent waste from the production of bone button blanks, suggesting that button making was carried out locally. Recovered from soil used to backfill graves, they indicate that the waste animal bone was disposed of in grave fills.

Button making was a common craft undertaken by prisoners of war and workhouse inmates. The buttons produced could be used to repair or improve their own clothing, or sold at local markets. This provided a small source of income that could be used to supplement meagre rations and improve everyday living conditions.