Record ID: SUR-B37E75 - EARLY MEDIEVAL strap fitting

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STRAP FITTING

Unique ID: SUR-B37E75

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of Medieval: Strap fitting

A cruciform, openwork, hollow-backed, strap fitting or mount with one terminal missing. The mount is domed centrally with a prominent knob and with four circular apertures. Each terminal is piere with a circular hole to take an attachment rivet and each is engraved with a saltire. The mount is slightly rounded with the terminals angled downwards away from the domed centre.

Notes:

This fitting or mount is of 11th century date.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Ascribed Culture: Anglo-Scandinavian [scope notes| view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1000
Date to: Circa AD 1100

Dimensions and weight

Length: 51.76 mm
Thickness: 7.45 mm
Weight: 15.69 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: South East And London
County: Greater London
District: Croydon
Parish: Croydon

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: TQ3663
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: Tuesday 1st February 2011 - Monday 28th February 2011

Personal details

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Recorded by: Mrs Margaret Broomfield - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Mrs Margaret Broomfield - [view all attributed records]

Other reference numbers

Other reference: 11-426

References cited

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