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SCABBARD
Unique ID: WILT-6ECA36
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A late medieval to early post medieval sword or dagger scabbard chape missing its backplate. The chape has a crenellated top edge, nine cast holes, and radiating 'scallop-shell' grooves at the closed end, and a basal knop. There is evidence of silvering on the inside.
Weight 15 g, height 43 mm, and width 32 mm.
A similar example has been recorded on the database SUSS-EEA2E1
Class: Chape
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: With finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 43 mm
Width: 32 mm
Weight: 15 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 14th September 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Willoughby Hedge
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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