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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: PUBLIC-4A6EDC
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper-alloy strap mount from the post-Medieval period.
The head of the mount takes the form of a flat-sectioned quatrefoil with four rounded petals interspersed by four pointed petals. Two integral rivets project from the reverse, both bent outwards.
Class: Mount
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 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 13.13 mm
Width: 13.19 mm
Thickness: 1.46 mm
Weight: 1.504 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 12th March 2006
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: East Dorset (District)
To be known as: Nr Wimborne
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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