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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: DENO-FE7D47
Object type certainty: Certain
A complete cast copper alloy strap fitting of Late Iron Age to Roman date. The strap fitting is an item sometimes referred to as a strap slide or belt slide. The fitting consists of two hollow cast co-joined hemispherical domes. There is a rectangular attachment loop on the reverse. The loop is joined to the mount at two points, each in the centre of the underside of one of the hollow domes. Where the loop joins the dome it is circular in section, the crossbar which then attaches these two arms together, to form the loop, is sub-square in section. A casting sprue can be seen joining one of the circular-sectioned parts of the loop to the inside of the dome. It is notable that the attachment loop is slightly skewed out of shape and leans towards the side where the casting sprue is present.
Due to the lack of a good published parallel from a datable context this example has been dated broadly from the late Iron Age through the whole Roman period, c.100 BC to AD 410.
This is a find of note and has been designated: County / local importance
Class: Belt Slide
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
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: Exactly 100 BC
Date to: Exactly AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Length: 36.95 mm
Height: 21.9 mm
Width: 20.23 mm
Thickness: 1.7 mm
Weight: 17.88 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: Complete [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Spatial data
Region: East Midlands
County: Nottinghamshire
District: Ashfield
To be known as: Hucknall Area
Method of discovery: Metal detector
[scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Character undetermined [scope notes]
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 2010 - Wednesday 1st June 2011
Personal details
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Recorded by: Ms Charlotte Burrill
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Identified by: Ms Charlotte Burrill - [view all attributed records]
Secondary identifier: Mr Peter Reavill - [view all attributed records]
Other reference numbers
Other reference: Derby E7463
References cited
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Audit data
Created:
Tuesday 1st November 2011
Updated: Tuesday 1st November 2011
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