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SWORD BELT
Unique ID: GLO-A71692
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy hooked tag form a sword belt or baldrick. This has a circular, concave, domed plate that is pierced in the centre with a copper alloy rivet still in place, the back of the rivet has a roughly cut octagonal plate. At the lower end is a rearwards facing hook that has a double flanged collar separating the hook from the plate, a piercing in the centre of the collar contains a copper alloy rivet. On the top edge is a circular pierced lug this has a flagged collar at the base and a small knop on the terminal, a third copper alloy rivet is still in place.
For similar examples see HAMP-4E5452, WILT-E0AE23 and IOW-58AB05
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: Include in MedArch
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 47 mm
Width: 25 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st April 2013 - Wednesday 1st January 2014
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Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Gloucestershire (County)
District: Tewkesbury (District)
To be known as: Brockworth
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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