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STRAP END

Unique ID: SF-6C23F3

Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A folded copper-alloy plate, which is most likely to originally have been the plate of a two piece strap end, the hinge and loop now missing.

This folded plate is rectangular in shape and measures 25.6mm in length and 11mm in width. There are two in situ parallel copper-alloy rivets through both faces of this plate near to the attachment edge. There is also a circular hole through the centre of both faces, measuring c3.4mm. The end which presumably would have held a hinge and then a loop hanging from this is narrowed and the fold forms a cylindrical loop in cross-section. This probable strap end plate is very similar to the plates discovered with their hinges and loops attached in London, these are dated to the late 14th/early 15th centuries (Egan and Pritchard 1991, 154-155, fig 101).

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1360
Date to: Circa AD 1550

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 25.6 mm
Width: 11 mm
Weight: 3.64 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st November 2003

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Aldeburgh

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

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	154-5, fig 101

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Recording Institution: SF
Created: 20 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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