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BOOK FITTING
Unique ID: SWYOR-0C1A9A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Post Medieval book clasp dating from AD 1525 - 1700. It is the hook piece of a hook and eye type fitting. It is a long rectangle of sheet metal tapering slightly towards the hook end which projects form the centre of the short edge and bends backwards. The tip of the hook is missing. The other end is flared and bifurcated with a rivet hole in each lobe. One copper alloy rivet survives. Another copper alloy rivet is positioned in the centre of the plate, about a quarter of the way from the hook end. The fron tof the plate is simply decorated with a groove all the way along the centre. The book fitting is 78mm long, 19.9mm wide and 1.7mm thick. 8.93g. These objects are discussed on page 60 of the PAS Finds Recording Guide.
Class:
Clasp
Sub class: hook piece
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1525
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 78 mm
Width: 19.9 mm
Thickness: 1.7 mm
Weight: 8.93 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st August 2014 - Tuesday 3rd February 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS Form number 2476
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Craven (District)
Parish or ward: Barden (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE0557
Four figure Latitude: 54.00899597
Four figure longitude: -1.92519765
1:25K map: SE0557
1:10K map: SE05NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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