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STRAP FITTING

Unique ID: SWYOR-263576

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A sheet copper alloy strap mount dating from the medieval period, AD1350-1450. It consists of two rectangular sheets of copper alloy fastened together by a pair of copper alloy rivets, one in the centre of each end. There is a third, circular piercing between the two rivets that is unoccupied. With the exception of a single, transverse groove across each end of the rectangle, it is undecorated. The mount has a dark green patina. It is 29.2mm long, 15mm wide and 3.9mm thick. It weighs 4.07gm.

Identical mounts are illustrated in Egan and Pritchard, 1991, Dress Accessories: Medieval Finds From Excavations in London, pages 196 & 197.

Class: Strap mount

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1450

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 29.2 mm
Width: 15 mm
Thickness: 3.9 mm
Weight: 4.07 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 19th August 2011

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: PAS form number 1674

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: York (Unitary Authority)
District: York (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Fulford (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SE6147
Four figure Latitude: 53.915565
Four figure longitude: -1.072786
1:25K map: SE6147
1:10K map: SE64NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
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	196-197

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Recording Institution: SWYOR
Created: 12 years ago
Updated: 12 years ago

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