Record ID: NCL-34C417 - IRON AGE strap fitting

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Strap Fitting

Unique ID: NCL-34C417

Object type certainty: Certain

A cast copper-alloy strap junction of the early Roman period.

The object has a body composed of 2 adjoined hemispherical discs, which both have a circular perforation in their base. These cupped discs originally would have taken bone, coral, or possibly glass or enamel decoration. The underside of the body remains flat.

One side of the body retains the attachment bracket, which is formed by a disc projecting perpendicularly from the side of each cup of the body, with a thick tube running between them.

There is evidence for a similar bracket on the other side of the body, but it has broken off, leaving abraded projections from the body only.

Class: Harness Union

Chronology

Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: ROMAN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa 100 BC
Date to: Circa AD 120

Dimensions and weight

Length: 28.71 mm
Width: 27.03 mm
Thickness: 5.67 mm
Weight: 17.5 g
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: North East
County: Northumberland
District: Tynedale
Parish: Whittington

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: NY9970
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st June 2008

Personal details

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Recorded by: Dr Robert Collins - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Dr Robert Collins - [view all attributed records]

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