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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: BH-8114D3
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy looped strap fitting, dating from the post-Medieval period.
The piece is distorted and incomplete, although the right-hand end appears to be intact. The object comprises a flat-sectioned plate, sub-rectangular in plan, with scalloped edges and the occasional larger cut-outs. Two loops extend downwards from the right- and left-hand ends of the plate, respectively. In addition to numerous stamped marks, there are three recessed panels, the central of which appears to contain the date '1(645)'. A rivet hole punctuates this panel; there is a second at the right-hand end and the remains of a third at the left-hand end.
Length: 65.8mm; width/height: 30.1mm; thickness: 1.7mm. Weight: 11.08g.
This piece is probably part of sword-belt mount, into which corresponding scabbard hooks would have been inserted. A similar mount is illustrated and described by Brian Read, who assigns a possible 16th century date (Read 2001: 39/Fig. 26, no. 373).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1645
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 65.8 mm
Height: 30.1 mm
Thickness: 1.7 mm
Weight: 11.08 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 4th January 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 15/20 - 110
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Aylesbury Vale (District)
To be known as: Kingsey
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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 |
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