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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: PAS-8BCC73
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A post-medieval copper-alloy uniface strap mount in the form of an acorn (c. 17th century). On the front the cup is delineated from the nut by a transverse grooved low ridge. At the cup's base the acorn has a small rounded knop. The upper surface of the cup may have been decorated with cross-hatching but any decoration appears to have been worn away over time. The front is shallowly convex; the reverse is hollowed. The reverse features a pair of small integral lugs arranged longitudinally towards each end of the mount; one is broadly central, the other more off centre. They have been bent outwards, away from each other. The artefact has a largely red-brown colour with overlying mid-green surviving patina. Similar mounts can be found illustrated illustrated in Read (2001, 29, 37; refs. 331-334) where they are given the above dating.
This example has suffered a small loss at one point on its side. It measures 29.3mm long by 14.5mm wide, by up to 6.7mm thick. It weighs 2.96g
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 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 29.3 mm
Width: 14.5 mm
Thickness: 6.7 mm
Weight: 2.96 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st April 2015 - Wednesday 1st April 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Tour find AP28
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Cherwell (District)
Parish or ward: Somerton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP4927
Four figure Latitude: 51.93935449
Four figure longitude: -1.28862781
1:25K map: SP4927
1:10K map: SP42NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read, B. | 2001 | Metal artefacts of antiquity: A catalogue of small finds from specific areas of the United Kingdom | Langport | Portcullis Publishing | 37 | 331-332 |
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