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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: LVPL-5E2671
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy belt fitting of probable late medieval date. The object consists of a circular hoop attached to which is a single rectangular plate of copper alloy that folds over on itself to create a loop at one end where it wrapped around the hoop. The plate has broken recently at the fold and each face is present separately. In the centre of each face of the plate is an oval perforation which would have held a copper alloy rivet. The rivet is present but separate. The hoop is of uneven thickness where the connections have rubbed against it causing it to narrow in places.
The strap plate is undecorated. This strap fitting is too small to have been used as a harness fitting and it is likely that this was attached to a belt from which a small knife or other personal item could have been suspended. An similar aretfact illustrated in Egan & Pritchard (1991:221 no.1190) was recovered from a context dating from c. AD 1350-1400.
Dimensions:
Hoop - 20mm in diameter, 4mm thick, 3.8g
Plate fitting - 20mm in length, 4mm in width, 4mm thick (both halves) 2.0g (including rivet)
Total weight 5.8g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 5.8 g
Diameter: 20 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st November 2015 - Wednesday 2nd December 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Staffordshire (County)
District: Stafford (District)
To be known as: Swynnerton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egan, G. and Pritchard, F. | 1991 | Dress Accessories, c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London 3) (1991) | London | Stationery Office Books |
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