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STRAP END
Unique ID: LEIC-AABE75
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval copper alloy two part strap end, 35mm long, 11mm wide and 3mm thick. The object is in a fair condition and weighs 3.73grams. The object is rectangular in form and section. It consists of two plates which taper to a rounded base which has a small semi-circular protrusion in the centre of its base. The two plates are held together by a single centrally placed rivet, one near the terminal and one at the upper edge. There is no decoration on either surface. It is similar to fig. 660, page 142 in Egan and Pritchard, Dress Accessories.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 35 mm
Width: 11 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 3.73 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Newark and Sherwood (District)
Parish or ward: Farnsfield (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK6356
Four figure Latitude: 53.097494
Four figure longitude: -1.060596
1:25K map: SK6356
1:10K map: SK65NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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