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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: NMS-0CE520
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Badly buckled post-medieval copper alloy hooked sword belt fitting, domed and faceted with an iron-filled rivet hole and an integral rivet. A sheet backplate and a terminal lobe are missing. Similar to Read 2008, no. 813. Extant length c.48mm. 17th century.
Class: sword belt fitting
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 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 48 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 17th March 2015 - Monday 20th April 2015
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 60443
Other reference: NMD042015
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Broadland (District)
Parish or ward: Brundall (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG3108
Four figure Latitude: 52.62059057
Four figure longitude: 1.41124817
1:25K map: TG3108
1:10K map: TG30NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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