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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: WAW-B913E3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post Medieval (late 16th to early 17th centuries) strap fitting, in the form of a possible hook: The body of the strap fitting is an inverted drop shape. The lower tip narrows and is curled slightly before it is broken. The body has two integral spikes which are circular in section, taper to a blunt, broken, point. The surface of the fitting has traces of a dark grey- green patina and red copper corrosion. The strap fitting measures 26.35mm long and 11.9mm wide. It weighs 2.3g.
Margeson (1993) illustrates similar examples, Nos. 257 and 258, and dates these to the late 16th to early 17th centuries and comments these may be related to sword belts. The red copper corrosion is also indicative of a post Medieval date.
Margeson, S. 1993Norwich Households: Medieval and Post Medieval Finds From Norwich Survey, Excavations 1971-78. East Anglian Archaeology 58.
Class:
Mount
Sub class: Hook
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 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 26.35 mm
Width: 11.9 mm
Weight: 2.3 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 6th April 2015 - Monday 1st June 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
District: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Llangarron (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO5021
Four figure Latitude: 51.88530446
Four figure longitude: -2.72786065
1:25K map: SO5021
1:10K map: SO52SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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