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BOOK FITTING
Unique ID: WILT-953A74
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete gilded copper alloy medieval or post-medieval artefact which may possibly be a book fitting or part of a strap end dating to the period c. AD 1400 - 1700. The fitting is trefoliate in plan with a rectangular projection which ends in an old break with the remains of a rivet hole visible. The obverse of the rectangular projection features an incised boder of two parallel lines with a zig-zag decoration in between. The trefoliate part of the plate also features traces of a zig-zag border but is quite heavily abraded, so it is not possible to see the full extent of the original design. There is a rivet hole placed just off centre of the trefoil with one iron rivet still in position but heavilly corroded which has produced a large patch of iron staining across the obverse. The obverse surface is gilded
The reverse of the plate is undecorated and also features the remains of the iron rivet.
The artefact is similar to ESS-C196D8, SWYOR-DD90C2 and WMID-D3EB15. These records both note that while technically strap-ends, many examples have subsequently been reassesed as being more likely to have been book-fittings (Geake 2001, 61).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 40.94 mm
Width: 27.74 mm
Weight: 6.6 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 4192
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Swindon (Unitary Authority)
District: Swindon (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Chiseldon (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU1780
Four figure Latitude: 51.5186675
Four figure longitude: -1.75638784
1:25K map: SU1780
1:10K map: SU18SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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