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STRAP END
Unique ID: BERK-A5DBB3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Medieval to Post Medieval cast copper alloy strap end. The strap end has a decorative moulding with grooves. It has two rivet holes with iron corrosion and the remains of iron rivets. The reverse is plain. Circa 1066-1700 AD. Dimensions: Length 33.40mm; width 24.14mm; thickness 6.69mm; weight 17.6g
Notes:
Found during the Weekend Wanderers Wantage rally 1-2 September 2007
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1066
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33.4 mm
Width: 24.14 mm
Thickness: 6.69 mm
Weight: 17.6 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st September 2007
Rally details.
This object was found at Weekend Wanderers - Chain Hill (nr Wantage) 07
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Tkt 499
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Vale of White Horse (District)
To be known as: Wantage
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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