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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: SF-CC1091
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper-alloy strap fitting of Medieval or Post-medieval date. It is oval in shape and flat in section. It flares at the outside edge into three knops and at the opposited end into two knops with the third broken off. It has two circular holes, one at each end for seperately cast rivets which are present. It is decorated with a foliate pattern on the face. The reverse is undecorated. It measures 38.57mm in length, 21.02mm in width, 2.52mm in thickness and weighs 8.00g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 38.57 mm
Width: 21.02 mm
Thickness: 2.52 mm
Weight: 8 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st March 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Baylham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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