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CLASP
Unique ID: DENO-8F6186
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval strap clasp of copper alloy, dated to c1300-1450. It Clasp has a sub-rectangular frame, the top and bottom edges outcurved and the bar of circular cross-section. The clasp has a double plate with a single rivet in the centre at the end. The frame has a small, rotating ('folding') sheet-metal end wrapped around the outer edge. This has a fixed bar-mount across it. Length 38.7mm, width 13.4mm, thickness 2.1mm, weight 3.78g Ref. Whitehead, pg 40-41, buckles 226-233.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1300
Date to: AD 1450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 38.7 mm
Width: 13.4 mm
Thickness: 2.1 mm
Weight: 3.78 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: DERBY E5582
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Newark and Sherwood (District)
Parish or ward: Caunton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK7459
Four figure Latitude: 53.123046
Four figure longitude: -0.89566
1:25K map: SK7459
1:10K map: SK75NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehead, R. | 1996 | Buckles 1250-1800 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | pg 40-41 | numbers 226-233 |
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