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STRAP END
Unique ID: NMS-845E4C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete and abraded Late Saxon copper alloy tongue-shaped openwork strap end of Thomas 2004, Class E, Type 1. The outside edge and one part of the split end are missing. The attachment edge of the other part is also missing, with the break truncating two rivet holes. The sides are moulded into convex and concave curves (cf. ibid. fig. 4, no. 23). Eight round apertures and a part of two others are extant. Length and width 39 and 23mm. 10th century.
Class: Thomas Class E, Type 1
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 900
Date to: Circa AD 1000
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 39 mm
Width: 23 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2014 - Wednesday 5th November 2014
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 51200
Other reference: E19428
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Heywood (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM1181
Four figure Latitude: 52.38635384
Four figure longitude: 1.09916607
1:25K map: TM1181
1:10K map: TM18SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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