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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: DOR-FC95D5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Cast copper alloy belt mount with integral attachment spikes. The mount is foliate in outline (three lobes at one end and two at the other), with incised foliate decoration on the surface. It has two integral attachment spikes, both project out at right angles to the back of the plate and are then are bent inwards. They have rectangular cross sections. The construction of this object is similar to that of mounts dated to the 17th Century by Brian Read (see Read, B, (2001) Metal Artefacts of Antiquity but it is similar in shape and decoration to some triple-looped bar mounts identified as 16th century sword belt fittings (ibid. p 39 &43, Fig. 26, No. 373 and see database reference HAMP-D5AA40). It is likely that this is of similar date and also used to decorate a sword belt. Dimensions: 27.14 mm x 18.70 mm x 11.98 mm Weight: 5.50 g Date: Post medieval- 16th to 17th century
Class: SWORD BELT
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 27.14 mm
Width: 18.7 mm
Thickness: 11.98 mm
Weight: 5.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 19th January 2008
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 30B
Museum accession number: SCMS 021699
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: West Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Tolpuddle (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SY7895
Four figure Latitude: 50.75417636
Four figure longitude: -2.31323774
1:25K map: SY7895
1:10K map: SY75SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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