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STRAP END
Unique ID: WAW-D3ABC4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval (late 13th to mid 15th centuries) strap end: The incomplete copper alloy strap end has a single plate remaining which is a sub-rectangle in plan with one terminal being pointed. The opposite terminal, has a sub-trefoil perforation on the edge as decoration and a rivet hole either side, filled with a copper alloy rivet. On the reverse of the plate, there is an outline, in traces of solder, of a spacer. The strap end is undecorated on the outer face. The surface has a shiny, grey/green mottled, incomplete patina. In length the strap end is 42.29mm, 17.61mm wide and 4.58mm thick. It weighs 3.76g.
In Egan and Pritchard (2002) there are similar strap ends, particularly No. 660 which date to the late 13th to mid 15th centuries.
Egan, G. and Pritchard, F., 2002 Dress Accessories, c. 1150- c. 1450 (Medieval finds from Excavations in London) London: Boydell Press
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1275
Date to: Circa AD 1450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 42.29 mm
Width: 17.61 mm
Thickness: 4.58 mm
Weight: 3.76 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2014 - Wednesday 31st December 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Worcestershire (County)
District: Wychavon (District)
To be known as: Near Evesham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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