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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: SF-8C0163
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An imcomplete Medieval to Post Medieval copper-alloy sword belt hooked fitting dating to circa AD 1500-1700. It is broadly rectangular in plan and plano-convex in section. Its body has a clumsy, possibly broken, U-shaped top edge. The body contains two slightly off centre circular rivet holes which would have contained now missing rivets. The body tapers gently inwards into a reverse facing hook. The front face may have been decorated but is now extremely abraded. The reverse is plain with pockets of iron staining.
The object is consistent with examples depicted in Read 2008: pg 217-219. A similar example is recorded on the database under NMS-BAF95B.
Length: 34.7mm; Width: 11.8mm; Thickness: 1.8mm; Weight: 2.50g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 34.7 mm
Width: 11.8 mm
Thickness: 1.8 mm
Weight: 2.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 10th October 2020 - Saturday 10th October 2020
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: South Cambridgeshire (District)
To be known as: Castle Camps
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read, B. | 2008 | Hooked-Clasps and Eyes | Langport | Portcullis Publishing |
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