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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: LEIC-510F93
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy Post-Medieval sword belt fitting. The plate is long and narrow in form. One end curves outwards with a small semi-circular notch in the centre. The other end is undulating, curving inwards at either side and outwards in the centre. Both sides curve inwards slightly. The upper face is decorated with a raised floral and scrollwork motif that is now quite worn and corroded. Extending from one side is a large circular loop. According to Geake (2001, 35) such fittings 'proliferate in the 16th and 17th centuries'.
Length: 33.3mm, width: 29.6mm, thickness: 3.0mm, weight: 6.58g
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 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33.3 mm
Width: 29.6 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 6.58 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 16th October 2013
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Rutland (Unitary Authority)
District: Rutland (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Brooke (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK8506
Four figure Latitude: 52.64508948
Four figure longitude: -0.74515288
1:25K map: SK8506
1:10K map: SK80NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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