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STRAP FITTING

Unique ID: NMGW-4ABDDE

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Medieval copper alloy strap-slide, for holding down the free end of a strap. Probably of late 13^th or 14^th century date

The strap-slide is a trapezoidal frame with external rivet (with a length of 16.2mm and a weight of 1.6g). The trapezoid (with a width at the apex of 16.1mm, at the base of 13.9mm and with internal dimensions of 13.5mm x 8.9mm) has an expanded top edge (with a width of 4.6mm), while the rest of the frame has a consistent rectangular section (2.8mm wide and 1.5mm thick). The attachment rivet is circular-sectioned (1.9mm diameter and 3.9mm long) and appears to be integral. There is no applied decoration on the strap loop and the surface has a dark-brown patina.

The strap loop can be closely paralleled with examples excavated in London (Egan & Pritchard 1991, p. 230, no. 1231)and elsewhere, from a late 13^th to late 14^th century context.

Class: strap slide

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1400

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 16.2 mm
Width: 16.1 mm
Weight: 1.6 g

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: NMWPA 2013.115.1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Vale of White Horse (District)
Parish or ward: Uffington (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU3089
Four figure Latitude: 51.59904935
Four figure longitude: -1.56827059
1:25K map: SU3089
1:10K map: SU38NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Egan, G. and Pritchard, F.	1991	Dress Accessories, c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London 3) (1991)	London	Stationery Office Books

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Recording Institution: NMGW
Created: 9 years ago
Updated: 7 years ago

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