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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: HAMP-DC6101
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A post-medieval copper-alloy hooked mount. The central portion of the mount is sub-oval in plan and domed, with a hollow underside. It tapers towards the hook and is faceted with a flattened top and bevelled sides. Extending upwards from the top is rounded lobe which has a central rivet hole (with an iron rivet still in situ), a transverse ridge at its base and a long, rounded projection at the top. At the base of the mount is a transverse groove above a backward-facing hook. There is a further, this time copper-alloy and integral, rivet and a rove just above the groove which would have retained a sheet backing. A similar mount is illustrated by Read (2008, 227, ref. 813), who believes it to be 17th century in date and suggests that such objects were designed to suspend sword scabbards from belts. This artefact is an orange-brown colour following cleaning.
Class: sword belt mount
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Exactly AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 51.6 mm
Height: 9.2 mm
Width: 19.95 mm
Weight: 10.37 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: E2815
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: New Forest (District)
Parish or ward: Ringwood (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU1405
Four figure Latitude: 50.844357
Four figure longitude: -1.802522
1:25K map: SU1405
1:10K map: SU10NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read, B. | 2008 | Hooked-Clasps and Eyes | Langport | Portcullis Publishing | 226 | 813 |
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