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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: YORYM-0D5327
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper-alloy strap fitting of post-medieval date.
The object is formed form a moulded plate of copper alloy with a rectangular strap loop. The moulding features a floral design. Opposite the rectangular strap loop, the other side of the object is damaged and broken, but a projecting strip of uncertain function survives. The reverse reflects the moulded surface on the front surface.
The metal is a dark greenish-brown and the metal is pitted.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 47.4 mm
Width: 32.1 mm
Thickness: 4.6 mm
Weight: 13.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Ryedale (District)
To be known as: Westow
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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