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STRAP FITTING

Unique ID: NMGW-7873BE

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A complete cast copper alloy strap slide with internal projections of medieval date (c.1150-1400 AD). The object is slightly trapezoidal (17.6mm wide at the inside edge compared to 19.3mm at the outside). The object is undecorated. Two opposed internal projections near the inside edge. The maximum width for a strap through the base would have been 14.3mm.

No.1258 (pg 233-234, fig. 149) is a similar example in Egan and Pritchard (2002).

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1150
Date to: Circa AD 1400

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 15.9 mm
Width: 19.3 mm
Thickness: 1.85 mm
Weight: 1.19 g

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: NMWPA 2021.27.9

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: All Cannings (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU0663
Four figure Latitude: 51.366033
Four figure longitude: -1.91520272
1:25K map: SU0663
1:10K map: SU06SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

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Recording Institution: NMGW
Created: 2 years ago
Updated: 2 years ago

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