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CLASP
Unique ID: ESS-A23EAD
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete copper alloy clog clasp, Post Medieval, dating AD1701-1900. The clasp is rectangular in shape with quatrefoil scalloped sides. At either end are two lugs, both folded over towards the back. The shorter lug seems worn and incomplete, while the second lug is T shaped. The clasp would have been decorated but is no longer visible due to corrosion and the devleopment of a green patina.
The clasp is 4.48g, 30.39mm length, 15.32mm width
Similar shaped clasp examples are recorded on the database YORYM-7B9A43, CORN-5D98F6. Read (2001) illustatres a variety of clog clasps (p.14-17)
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 1701
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30.39 mm
Width: 15.32 mm
Weight: 4.48 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: North Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Edgefield (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG0934
Four figure Latitude: 52.86288447
Four figure longitude: 1.10332186
1:25K map: TG0934
1:10K map: TG03SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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