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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: SWYOR-36CEFA
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy strap fitting; a sword belt fitting of Post-Medieval date, probable AD 1600 - 1700. It consists of a triangular plate that tapers to a broad, curved hook extending backwards with a blunt point. The plate is slightly curved, being concave on the underside and convex on the front. There is a V shaped notch in the end of the plate opposite the hook. There is no decoration. The remains of two ferrous rivets remain in place, one at each end of the plate. The fitting has a rough, dark brown patina. It is 31.3mm long, 12.6mm wide and 8.6mm thick. It weighs 2.72gm.
Similar fittings can be found on the database: compare for example SUR-5C1AE2, SUR-D381A2 and NLM-17B67C. This last cites Read, 2001, Metal Artefacts of Antiquity, and attributes this mount to the seventeenth century.
Class: Sword belt fitting
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: 31.3 mm
Width: 12.6 mm
Thickness: 8.6 mm
Weight: 2.72 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st May 2014 - Thursday 14th August 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 2248
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Selby (District)
Parish or ward: Sherburn in Elmet (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE4933
Four figure Latitude: 53.79101613
Four figure longitude: -1.25769098
1:25K map: SE4933
1:10K map: SE43SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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