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SWORD BELT
Unique ID: NMS-3D2F0E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post-medieval copper alloy hooked sword belt mount with two rivet holes containing remains of iron rivets and a ring engaged with a hook. An early 17th-century type (Scott, I. in Biddle et al. 2001, 205, fig. 5.6. no. 159). As Margeson 1993, nos. 257-8 and de Reuck 1991, 41, right-hand row, seventh and eight from top. Mount 30.6 x 12mm. Ring internal diameter 8mm, external diameter 11mm. c.1600 - c.1650.
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 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30.6 mm
Width: 12 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 9th December 2014 - Wednesday 9th September 2015
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 25765
Other reference: SB102015
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Congham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF7123
Four figure Latitude: 52.77750198
Four figure longitude: 0.53373441
1:25K map: TF7123
1:10K map: TF72SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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