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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: SUR-9AEBA4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A triangular fragment of a very worn cast copper alloy openwork mount, probably of 10th or 11th century date. The fragment has four (or more) rounded apertures and three iron rivets. One of the rivets is in the pointed terminal.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 900
Date to: Circa AD 1100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 23.78 mm
Width: 24.52 mm
Weight: 4.65 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 13th April 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 11-690
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Surrey (County)
District: Mole Valley (District)
Parish or ward: Dorking North (District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ1549
Four figure Latitude: 51.228613
Four figure longitude: -0.354389
1:25K map: TQ1549
1:10K map: TQ14NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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