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CLASP
Unique ID: SWYOR-558AA7
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy folding strap clasp dating from the Medieval period, about AD 1250 - 1450. The frame is slightly trapezoid, and the plate end is narrower than the rotating end. The bar on round which the plate attached is integral to the frame, but the bar at the rotating end is separate, held in a hole at each side of the frame. The plate is a folded piece of sheet making a sub rectangular plate which tapers away from the frame. It is recessed round the bar and has a single rivet hole near the far end. Some of the back plate is missing. The rotating end is decorated with three incised crosses and is made from sheet, rolled round the bar. The clasp has a smooth green patina and is in good condition. Similar clasps can be found illustrated in Egan and Pritchard (1991: 118; fig. 77). Compare also Whitehead number 237 on page 41. The clasp is 33.9mm long, 14.3mm wide and 4.5mm thick. 3.6g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33.9 mm
Width: 14.3 mm
Thickness: 4.5 mm
Weight: 3.6 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 2015 - Sunday 12th April 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 2545
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Yapham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE7750
Four figure Latitude: 53.9403952
Four figure longitude: -0.82848798
1:25K map: SE7750
1:10K map: SE75SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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