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STRAP END
Unique ID: DUR-E39785
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Cast copper alloy Early Medieval strap end, 10-11th century in date.
Tongue shaped, with an incomplete attachment end. The attachment has broken on one of the two loops, this end is thinner than the rest of the plate. The plate is decorated on one side with a degenerate Winchester style motif formed of a series of reserved cells creating a symmetrical plant scroll motif. The strap-end has a dark brown surface, with reddish-brown adhesions (particularly in the recesses), probably gained from its time in the ground.
Thomas class E, Type 1 (2004, p. 1-2).
Class: Thomas Class E, Type 1
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 900
Date to: Circa AD 1100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 48.18 mm
Width: 15.47 mm
Thickness: 3.34 mm
Weight: 9.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st June 2010
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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: Hambleton (District)
Parish or ward: Bedale (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE2587
Four figure Latitude: 54.278037
Four figure longitude: -1.617558
1:25K map: SE2587
1:10K map: SE28NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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