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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: NMS-5A75F7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete medieval copper alloy strap fitting, a bar-mount comprising terminal and central lobes. Part of one of the latter has been lost along with a rivet. Holes in both are countersunk at the rear. There is a slight hollow under the central lobe which is decorated with three longitudinal filed grooves and many shallower transverse grooves. Length 6.8mm. Estimated width 13.5mm. 14th century.
Within 25m of grid reference
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 6.8 mm
Width: 13.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 20th January 2015 - Monday 16th February 2015
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 28238
Other reference: NMD022015
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: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Fincham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF6907
Four figure Latitude: 52.63443432
Four figure longitude: 0.4958979
1:25K map: TF6907
1:10K map: TF60NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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