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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: NMS-C824B1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Fragment of a post-medieval copper alloy strap clasp of Read's (2008) early post-medieval Type 1, only the toggle end of the male half extant with a bifurcated knop on one side. The object, too flimsy to be part of a sword belt fitting, would have suported a chatelaine. A rather large example, being 21mm wide at the raised toggle bar. A length of 24.5mm remains.Thickness at the bar 5.3mm. c.1540 - c.1700.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1540
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 24.5 mm
Width: 21 mm
Thickness: 5.3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 3rd July 2013 - Monday 14th October 2013
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 31175
Other reference: SB112013
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: West Acre (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF7716
Four figure Latitude: 52.71270923
Four figure longitude: 0.61881482
1:25K map: TF7716
1:10K map: TF71NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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