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SWORD BELT
Unique ID: NMS-AFBB86
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Post-medieval copper alloy hooked mount from a sword belt, cast with an incomplete sheet backplate. Very similar to Read 2008, no. 813, but with a more pronounced transverse rib above the hook. A triple-looped link engaged with the hook is close to ibid. no. 816 but with an engraved saltire on both faces. A hole through the upper terminal contains the remains of an iron rivet. Above the hook an integral rivet secures the backplate. Length excluding link 38mm. Width 15mm. Link 16.5 x 15.5mm. 17th century.
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 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 38 mm
Width: 15 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2013 - Saturday 31st May 2014
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 34607
Other reference: GB052014
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Broadland (District)
Parish or ward: Horsham St. Faith and Newton St. Faith (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG2215
Four figure Latitude: 52.68716612
Four figure longitude: 1.28323601
1:25K map: TG2215
1:10K map: TG21NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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