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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: NMS-0331A7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete medieval copper alloy strap clasp, comprising rectangular frame, sub-triangular outside edge in the form of an animal-head with incised lines suggesting the stylised angular features, drilled holes for eyes (one broken) and cast grooved projecting lugs aligned with and projecting from both sides as ears. Recessed bar, pin missing. Length 25.5mm. Width 16mm. A similar form of strap-clasp bearing a king's head is illustrated and discussed in Egan and Pritchard (1991), 119, fig.78, no.568, and other examples of both the heads of kings and of bishops are known. Animal heads have been found of strap-clasps from a number of sites in Norfolk and elsewhere, examples from the former include Great Dunham (NMS-73DB67, HER 45401), Grimston (NMS-DF0967, HER 11789), Haveringland (HER 44066), Outwell (HER 44753) and Sedgeford (HER 45479). 14th century.
(Field: 1 1/2 hours, stubble)
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 25.5 mm
Width: 16 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 24th August 2014 - Sunday 24th August 2014
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 60096
Other reference: AMD092014
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: North Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Wiveton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG0342
Four figure Latitude: 52.93699347
Four figure longitude: 1.01931824
1:25K map: TG0342
1:10K map: TG04SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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