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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: HAMP-FD1F30
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A broken cast copper-alloy medieval strap-fitting. The object would have consisted of a single piece narrowed at, and folded round at, the centre to form a loop lowermost. The piece has broken at the fold, the weakest part (W.: 5.9mm). The plate is flat and broadly rectangular with rounded terminals. It is perforated at the centre of the terminal for a rivet (Dia.: 3.3mm); no remains survive. There is a further perforation further down the plates, above the hooked loop. At the loop the plate bowes out in profile, and, eventually, tapers in width. A transverse ridge divides the loop from the main plate. The parts have corroded to a dark-brown colour with patches lighter corrosion product. The lower (internal) surface is covered in diagonal file marks. A similar artefact can be found illustrated in Geake (2001, illustration 16).
Class: strap loop
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 44 mm
Height: 5.8 mm
Width: 9.7 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 7.03 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: E2889
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Hart (District)
Parish or ward: Winchfield (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU7653
Four figure Latitude: 51.271093
Four figure longitude: -0.911951
1:25K map: SU7653
1:10K map: SU75SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geake, H. | 2001 | Finds Recording Guide Version 1.1 | 16 |
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