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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: NCL-31BCA3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
The cast copper-alloy suspension loop of a strap fitting, Post-Medieval in date, probably 17th century.
Trefoil shaped flat object with three loops, each with a central circular piercing, and a short stub projectig between two of the loops at one side. It is not clear if the stub is complete or broken from a worn break. It is 21.3mm long, 18.7mm wide and 3.0mm thick; it weighs 3.28 grams.
Similar trefoil fittings have been found attached to hooked mounts e.g. DOR-68FC94, SUSS-4422A3 and Read (2000:30, 42) No. 362.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 18.63 mm
Width: 17.26 mm
Thickness: 3.03 mm
Weight: 2.1 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st July 2009 - Thursday 23rd July 2009
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: North East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northumberland (Unitary Authority)
District: Northumberland (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Longhorsley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: NZ1494
Four figure Latitude: 55.240004
Four figure longitude: -1.781376
1:25K map: NZ1494
1:10K map: NZ19SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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2 comments
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Robert Webley wrote @ 14:43:10 on the 19th October 2010.
I prefer this as a pendent hanger from a post-medieval hooked mount (cf. e.g. Read 2001, 42; ref. 362)
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Robert Collins wrote @ 15:37:23 on the 21st October 2010.
Thanks Rob. The record has been changed accordingly so it no longer reads as from the head of a key.
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