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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: SWYOR-1243E4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast, copper alloy strap loop dating from AD 1150-1400. It is trapezoidal in form, the upper part of the sides being slightly convex, the shorter, lower part being straight. There are inward pointing projections at the end of the convex sections. The outer edge has a circular, central knop flanked by a ridge at each corner. The loop has a dark brown patina. It is 18.4mm long, 21.6mm wide and 8.2mm thick. It weighs 3.54gm.
Class: strap slide
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1150
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 18.4 mm
Width: 21.6 mm
Thickness: 8.2 mm
Weight: 3.54 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 14th June 2010 - Monday 14th June 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 1143
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Harrogate (District)
Parish or ward: Nidd (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE2959
Four figure Latitude: 54.026186
Four figure longitude: -1.558811
1:25K map: SE2959
1:10K map: SE25NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 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 | plate 22, number 1340 |
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