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STRAP FITTING

Unique ID: LVPL2234

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Sword belt hanger. Triple looped mount with three rivet holes for attachment. Two of the suspension loops have fragments of hooked mounts remaining. Decorated with foliate pattern.

Class: sword belt fitting

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1600

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2002

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast

Spatial metadata

Region: North West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cumbria (County)
District: South Lakeland (District)
Parish or ward: Sedgwick (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SD5286
Four figure Latitude: 54.267392
Four figure longitude: -2.738487
1:25K map: SD5286
1:10K map: SD58NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Read, B.	2001	Metal artefacts of antiquity: A catalogue of small finds from specific areas of the United Kingdom	Langport	Portcullis Publishing		cf. 373

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Recording Institution: LVPL
Created: 21 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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