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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: SWYOR-F3E833
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy Post Medieval hooked belt mount dating from the Post medieval period, abou AD 1500-1700. The mount has an ovoid plate, shallowly convex, with a rounded knop at the attachment end, and at the other end, an inward-projecting hook extends and curves back to touch the plate. The hook retains a separate copper alloy loop (diameter c.13mm). A rough and straight edge on the loop suggests it was part of a larger plate, perhaps a scabbard plate. There are two rivet holes in the centre towards the attachment end of the plate, each containing the residue of iron rivets. The metal has an uneven dark brown patina, with iron staining and areas of green patina. The reverse is concave.
The fitting is 42.1mm long, 13.1mm wide and 7.42mm thick. With the attached loop it is 48.2mm long and weighs 6.84g.
A very similar hooked belt mount is HAMP-041426 which cites an example illustrated in Read (2008), p.221, no.796. This is thought to be a belt-mount and is dated to the 16th or 17th Century.
Class: sword belt
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 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 48.2 mm
Width: 13.1 mm
Thickness: 7.4 mm
Weight: 6.84 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 11th April 2015 - Saturday 25th April 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 2574
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wakefield (Metropolitan District)
District: Wakefield (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Wrenthorpe and Outwood West (Metropolitan District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE3222
Four figure Latitude: 53.69347029
Four figure longitude: -1.51686246
1:25K map: SE3222
1:10K map: SE32SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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