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STRAP END

Unique ID: SUSS-F96EE1

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Incomplete Medieval composite strap-end with forked spacers (1300-1400 AD). The find consists of the plates and forked spacers of a Medieval composite strap-end. Both plates have lost their uppermost edge but the rest of the plate remains, with two rivets concreted in place along the vertical central axis. The terminal of the strap-end has broken off at the collar, but was probably an acorn or collared-knop type. The surface of one of the plates has a bright green patina. The other plate also has a green patina but is covered in far more concretion. The strap-end measures 26.2mm long, 15.7mm wide and 3.1mm thick. It weighs 3.9 grams. Egan and Pritchard (1991) illustrate a number of similar examples, p. 144, and attribute the form to the 14th century AD.

Notes:

Find was described from a photograph. Details were recorded at a rally and therefore may fall short of usual standards

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1300
Date to: AD 1400

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 26.2 mm
Width: 15.7 mm
Thickness: 3.1 mm
Weight: 3.9 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 26th August 2007

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: Firle Rally 2009: FIV-317

Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Lewes (District)
To be known as: Firle

Spatial coordinates

Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Egan, G. and Pritchard, F.	1991	Dress Accessories, c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London 3) (1991)	London	Stationery Office Books	144

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Recording Institution: SUSS
Created: 16 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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