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STRAP FITTING

Unique ID: NMGW3289

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Cast copper alloy strap union consisting of two conjoined and perforated sub-triangular loops which form a figure-of-eight shape and are flanked on each side by a vertical bar attached to each loop. The back of the casting is flat, although the bars are slightly rounded in cross-section presumably through wear. The reverse of the fitting is marked by several fine scratches. Although the surface of the casting is pitted, there are faint traces of simple curvilinear motifs extending form the top of each loop towards their junctions with the vertical bars (these decorative motifs are paralleled by those on the strap junction from Churchdown, Gloucestershire cf. Watkins 1985). A relatively simple example of Taylor and Brailsford's Type I (1985, 247-253). Dimensions 32.5mm x 30mm x 5mm, weight 16.8grams. The date range of the Type extends from the first century BC in to the second half of the first century AD. The strap accommodated by this fitting would have had a maximum width of 15mm and a maximum thickness of 2mm. Although normally assumed to be harness fittings it is possible that small strap unions, such as this example, were used as human dress accessories (Watkins 1985, 319).

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Class: Strap Union

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Date from: Post 100 BC
Date to: Ante AD 100

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 32.5 mm
Width: 30 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight: 16.8 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st February 2001

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: NMGWPA: 2001.45.1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Curvilinear

Spatial metadata

Region: Wales (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: the Vale of Glamorgan (Unitary Authority)
District: the Vale of Glamorgan (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Cowbridge with Llanblethian (Community)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: ST0075
Four figure Latitude: 51.465106
Four figure longitude: -3.440941
1:25K map: ST0075
1:10K map: ST07NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Current location: returned to finder
General landuse: Other
Specific landuse: Unknown

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Taylor, J.A. and Brailsford, J.W.	1985	British Iron Age Strap-Unions	London	The Prehistoric Society
Watkins, M.J.	1985	A La Tène strap-junction from Churchdown, Gloucestershire		The Prehistoric Society

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Recording Institution: NMGW
Created: 22 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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