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STRAP END
Unique ID: BUC-25CE35
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A medieval copper alloy strap end made up of two sheet metal leaves joined at the tip and secured by a single rivet at the other end. This end is too badly eroded to be certain of the original shape. The terminal is trtrilobed and the faces are plain.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 21.79 mm
Width: 7.99 mm
Thickness: 1.48 mm
Weight: 1.1 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Milton Keynes (Unitary Authority)
District: Milton Keynes (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Hanslope CF Field
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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