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STRAP END
Unique ID: YORYM-D10201
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy strap end of medieval date. The main body of the strap end has been lost to old worn breaks so that only the shoulders and terminal remain. The terminal is circular and extends by a narrowed waist from the shoulders. It is decorated with a central openwork quatrefoil and an incised line tracing the edges. A single rivet survives placed centrally just above the waist.
The metal has a mid green patina and is worn. The strap end is 32.6mm long, 20.4mm wide, 3.1mm thick and weighs 5.3g.
A similar example is illustrated in Egan, G. & Pritchard, F. Dress Accessories 1150-1450 (2002), p.150, fig.98, no.706. Database examples include: CAM-24BFF2 and BERK-73D674.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 32.6 mm
Width: 20.4 mm
Thickness: 3.1 mm
Weight: 5.3 g
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Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Swanland (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9827
Four figure Latitude: 53.73019869
Four figure longitude: -0.51600909
1:25K map: SE9827
1:10K map: SE92NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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