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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: HAMP-8EF315
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper-alloy strap fitting of post-medieval date. The fitting has a flat back and front with bevelled sides and a thickened lobed knop at one end. The knop has a domed top and flat back. Above the knop is a double raised collar with a groove between. Above the collars is a constriction then a ring with a large circular central hole; the ring. Above the ring is another constriction then it widens to an end bar; in the constricted area is a central circular hole. The horizontal bar is divided into two by a transverse groove and has been bent upwards slightly at one end. The artefact has suffered losses along its edges. This mount appears similar to a suit of fittings thought to be from 16th - 17th century sword belts that also include toggle fastenings with similar shapes and decoration (e.g. LON-8F4797). See HAMP-0E1FF7 and Read (2008, 209; ref. 757) for similar examples to this mount.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 29.05 mm
Width: 11.6 mm
Thickness: 2.15 mm
Weight: 2.05 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 21st October 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: E3094
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: East Hampshire (District)
Parish or ward: Ropley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU6433
Four figure Latitude: 51.092748
Four figure longitude: -1.087497
1:25K map: SU6433
1:10K map: SU63SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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