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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: BH-007E1B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A post-Medieval copper-alloy strap mount.
The head of the mount is 'bow shaped', a central band of three transverse ridges and interspersing grooves separating two truncated-oval sides. The upper surface of the mount is convex and the underside is flat. From either end of the reverse springs a rectangular-sectioned rivet which tapers to a point and has been bent inwards to form a right-angle.
Length: 23.3mm; width: 8.3mm. Weight: 4.5g.
Similar mounts are illustrated by Brian Read, who suggests a 17th century date (2001: 28/fig. 21, nos. 310 and 314).
Class: Mount
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: 23.3 mm
Width: 8.3 mm
Weight: 4.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 20th April 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 14/67 - 8
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read, B. | 2001 | Metal artefacts of antiquity: a catalogue of small finds from specific areas of the United Kingdom | Langport | Portcullis Publishing |
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