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FIXTURES AND FITTINGS

Unique ID: SF2911

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

Unidentified copper alloy fixture; corroded; consists of a rectangular shaft 4mm thick pierced by the remains of 3 rivet holes, two of which retain copper alloy pins or rivets; the shaft terminates in a rectangular lobe decorated with a central openwork quatrefoil piercing enclosed within an engraved border; the upper edge of the lobe overhangs slightly on one side and also carries a central pyramidal stud which is damaged at the tip.

Notes:

This record was created before the Portable Antiquities Scheme began using the Central Database. We are aware that this record may fall below our usual standards of recording, and we are working to rectify this.

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Post AD 1300
Date to: AD 1540

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 45 mm
Width: 15 mm
Thickness: 8 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st March 2000

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: No. 0070

Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Waveney (District)
To be known as: SUFFOLK COVEHITHE

Spatial coordinates


Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Coastland
Specific landuse: Inter-tidal

References cited

No references cited so far.

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Audit data

Recording Institution: SF
Created: 23 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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