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STRAP FITTING

Unique ID: SOMDOR-E11551

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Copper alloy belt mount with domed front and slightly hollowed back. figurative style mount in the shape of an acorn with line decoration on the cup and a short stalk at the base. There is also a band around the top of the acron whitch is cross hatched. At the back are two attachment spikes. One is set behind the top of the acorn and was bent back towards the centre of the mount in attaching it to the belt. The other is set behind the base of the cup and is incomplete (only a vertical stub remains).

Class: Belt mount

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 24.23 mm
Width: 13.71 mm
Thickness: 4.98 mm
Weight: 2.2 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2003

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: North Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Blandford Forum (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: ST8907
Four figure Latitude: 50.86240128
Four figure longitude: -2.15766602
1:25K map: ST8907
1:10K map: ST80NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth less than 0.25 m

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	29 - 37, fig. 22	as nos. 331 - 333

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Audit data

Recording Institution: SOMDOR
Created: 19 years ago
Updated: 8 years ago

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