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STRAP FITTING

Unique ID: HAMP-3149F5

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A complete cast copper-alloy 13th- or 14th-century medieval bar-mount with pendent loop. The upper surface of the bar mount is rectangular in plan and trapezoidal in cross-section. This is riveted on to a sheet loop which narrows at its base and is folded back on itself, terminating in a squared off stop which is joined to the front section of bar (and, originally, through the belt) by a single copper-alloy rivet which survives retained by an oval rove. The pendant sits within the loop at the bottom of the bar and is quadrilobate in form. The edge from which it hangs is flattened, narrowed and recessed. The surfaces of the pendent are bevelled externally and feature file marks. A direct parallel can be found in Egan and Pritchard (1991, 219, 221; ref. 1189). This example has a dark-grey/green patina with patches of off-white corrosion product in places.

Class: bar mount and pendent loop

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1400

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 20.4 mm
Height: 5.9 mm
Width: 11.45 mm
Thickness: 2.3 mm
Weight: 1.14 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 26th January 2011

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: E3195; NFR/1278

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: SU3732
Four figure Latitude: 51.086129
Four figure longitude: -1.473119
1:25K map: SU3732
1:10K map: SU33SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Egan, G. and Pritchard, F.	1991	Dress Accessories, c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London 3) (1991)	London	Stationery Office Books	219, 221	1189

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Recording Institution: HAMP
Created: 12 years ago
Updated: 6 years ago

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