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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: LEIC-589685
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval copper belt mount, 19mm long, 12mm wide and 6.5mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 2.53grams. The object is sub rectangular in form, being made up of one largesemi-spherical hollow centre, which is flanked by two smaller semi-spheres which contain mounting holes. The object is decorated with a series of incised lines across its centre.
Class: bar mount
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1275
Date to: Circa AD 1375
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 34 mm
Width: 21 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight: 7.04 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration method: Engraved
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Hinckley and Bosworth (District)
Parish or ward: Groby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK5207
Four figure Latitude: 52.658238
Four figure longitude: -1.232666
1:25K map: SK5207
1:10K map: SK50NW
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Griffiths, D., Philpott. R. and Egan, G. | 2007 | Meols: The Archaeology of the North West Wirral Coast | Oxford | Oxford University School of Archaeology | 21 | 705 |
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