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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: NARC-CB76C7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy domed strap fitting, dating to AD 1250-1400, according to references in Dress Accessories and Brian Read's Metal Artefacts of Antiquity (page 23).
The central dome is oval with a hollow reverse and horizontal and vertical lines etched across the top surface in a central band. Now missing are two protrusions, one on either side, with a central hole for a rivet to fix it onto the leather strap. These are decorative items rather than functional, although their presence would have acted to stiffen the strap.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 20 mm
Width: 14 mm
Weight: 1.9 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 30th April 2009
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration method: Incised
Decoration style: Linear
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: Daventry (District)
Parish or ward: Crick (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP5970
Four figure Latitude: 52.324934
Four figure longitude: -1.135733
1:25K map: SP5970
1:10K map: SP57SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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