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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: HAMP-D63997
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper-alloy strap loop/slide with integral external rivet. It has a trapezoidal frame, broadly rectangular in cross-section. There is a small rivet,broadly square in cross-section, attached in the centre of the narrow side on the outside edge which projects approximately 3.2mm. Similar strap loops can be found illustrated in Griffiths et al. (2007, 128-130) which are compared to examples from London from late 13th to late 14th-century contexts.
Class: strap slide
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1275
Date to: Circa AD 1375
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 16.4 mm
Width: 15.6 mm
Thickness: 3.2 mm
Weight: 1.45 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st August 2010 - Tuesday 31st August 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: E2858; NFR/1241
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Test Valley (District)
Parish or ward: Kings Somborne (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU3631
Four figure Latitude: 51.077201
Four figure longitude: -1.487495
1:25K map: SU3631
1:10K map: SU33SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 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 | 128-130 |
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