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STRAP END
Unique ID: WILT-E67FF2
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A Medieval (1250-1450) copper alloy sheet metal strap-end, folded widthways. It measures 36.15x35.74x4.90mm and weighs 11.7g.
The backplate is plain with a rivet hole (c.1.6mm diameter) in each corner at the open end. The front plate has a crenellated edge, with a cut-out crescent at the centre and a cut-out V to either side. The rivet hole is below the centre of the V. one rivet survives intact.
Comparative examples in Egan and Pritchard (1991) date from the late 13th to the middle of the fifteenth century. Cf nos.578 to 587.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Post AD 1450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 36.15 mm
Width: 35.74 mm
Thickness: 4.9 mm
Weight: 11.7 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st February 2011 - Tuesday 5th April 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 3620
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Test Valley (District)
To be known as: Broughton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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