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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: SWYOR-76E7B3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a cast, copper alloy sword belt fitting, c. 1500-1700. It consists of a broken ring that carries the remains of a smaller ring, also broken, and a section of hollow-backed plate in the form of three lobes in a row. The plate is decorated with two shallow transverse grooves immediately adjacent to the ring. There is a copper alloy rivet in the centre of the first lobe. The fitting retains traces of gilding; elsewhere it displays a light green patina. It is 33mm long, 14.9mm wide and 8.4mm thick. It weighs 2.3gm. Reference: Bailey, Detector Finds 2, p. 48.
Class: sword belt fitting
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33 mm
Width: 14.9 mm
Thickness: 8.4 mm
Weight: 2.3 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 31st March 2009 - Tuesday 30th March 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 1085
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Calbourne (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SZ4289
Four figure Latitude: 50.699133
Four figure longitude: -1.406667
1:25K map: SZ4289
1:10K map: SZ49SW
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey, G. | 1995 | Detector Finds | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | 48 |
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