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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: NMS-B3793F
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval copper alloy strap mount in the form of an openwork fleur-de-lis with two separate rivets (one missing) and with fine cross-hatched engraving near the base.The rivet holes are countersunk on the reverse. A slightly small version of Egan and Pritchard 1991, no. 1084. Height 14.7mm. Width 11.3mm. Thickness (excluding rivet) 1.2mm. 14th - mid 15th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Exactly AD 1450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 14.7 mm
Width: 11.3 mm
Thickness: 1.2 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 19th September 2015 - Monday 14th December 2015
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 53000
Other reference: SB022016
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Gayton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF7218
Four figure Latitude: 52.73228139
Four figure longitude: 0.54592338
1:25K map: TF7218
1:10K map: TF71NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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