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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: SUR-329DB4
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy and gilded post medieval buckle or perhaps a sliding strap fitting. The fitting is broken and distorted; both edges are tongue-shaped and each bears a lion's head looking inward. The back is hollow and there is additional engraved decoration.
Similar strap fittings have been recorded and are assumed to have a military, perhaps naval, origin (cf SUR-3FAC35 and WILT-925D83 among others).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1750
Date to: Circa AD 1850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 72 mm
Width: 33 mm
Weight: 29.26 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st October 2011 - Monday 31st October 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 11-1707
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Surrey (County)
District: Guildford (District)
Parish or ward: St. Martha (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ0148
Four figure Latitude: 51.222271
Four figure longitude: -0.555101
1:25K map: TQ0148
1:10K map: TQ04NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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