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STRAP
Unique ID: LON-7C2D10
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A medieval to post medieval leather strap with eleven copper alloy round mounts with integral rivets and separate roves. The strap is made from two pieces of thick leather (3.8mm thick when dried out) which are held together by a row of copper alloy mounts( c. 11.2mm diameter). Each mount has an integral rivet, which can be seen on the other outer face of the strap, projecting through a corresponding rove (c. 14.4mm diameter). The front facing piece of leather is narrower than the one behind it. The mounts are covered in a green patina, with patches of a red corrosion deposit. The leather is cracked and now dark brown. Both ends of the leather are broken, possibly cut, and therefore the original length of the strap and it's terminals are unknown. The strap measures 153.6mm (length) x 31.4mm (width) x 10.2mm (thickness) and weighs 58.32g.
This strap was probably part of a horse harness. Round mounts were used throughout the late medieval to modern periods, therefore a broad 14th to 19th century date has been suggested.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 153.6 mm
Width: 31.4 mm
Thickness: 10.2 mm
Weight: 58.32 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Leather
Secondary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: London (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Greater London Authority (Greater London Authority)
District: Tower Hamlets (London Borough)
Parish or ward: St. Katharine's and Wapping (London Borough Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ3580
Four figure Latitude: 51.50281974
Four figure longitude: -0.05635779
1:25K map: TQ3580
1:10K map: TQ38SE
Grid reference source: GPS (From FLO)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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