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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: PAS-2A6A34
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Published 
A semi-spherical hollow fitting with the remains of a tang which may have fixed it to the leather of a strap or belt.
The fitting is silver. There are no firm diagnostic elements to this object which appears, however, to be pre-industrial and probably dates from the fifteenth to the seventeenth centuries.
Dimensions: diameter 11 mm.
Notes:
In terms of age and as the object contains a minimum of 10% precious metal it qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder after being disclaimed as Treasure
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2006T579
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1400
Date to: AD 1699
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Diameter: 11 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st November 2006
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Other reference numbers
Treasure case number: 2006T579
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: South Cambridgeshire (District)
To be known as: South Cambridgeshire
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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