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BOOK FITTING
Unique ID: NARC-DC24D6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A probable late medieval copper-alloy book clasp of Howsam type A.1.3. The clasp has an attachment loop at one end with a rectangular aperture. The main plate of the clasp is flat and sub-semi-circular in shape. The plate terminates with a collared and pierced lug at 90 degrees to the plane of the plate. The piercing is around 2.7 mm in diameter. The front face of the plate is decorated with three ring and dot motifs, set around a central perforation (around 2.5 mm in diameter). The border around the attachment loop is decorated with trilobed decoration at the terminal. The reverse is undecorated. There is evidence of filing on both sides. The book clasp probably dates to the 14th - 15th centuries.
Class:
clasp
Sub class: Howsam type A.1.3
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 36.8 mm
Width: 18.9 mm
Thickness: 2.5 mm
Weight: 6.3 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 2009 - Thursday 31st December 2009
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Tong (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SJ7907
Four figure Latitude: 52.660309
Four figure longitude: -2.311913
1:25K map: SJ7907
1:10K map: SJ70NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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