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BOOK FITTING
Unique ID: DOR-CB4ECE
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy book clasp. A rectangular plate with a flaring end, one corner of which is missing. There is a central circular hole at this end. At the opposite end is the remnant of a narrow projecting hook. The hook curves toward the back of the plate. The front of the plate is decorated with a raised dsign of several rows of pellets and a shield containing two pellets flanking a possible bird. The plate is bent forward and split. The rear is undecorated.
Date: Post Medieval - c. 1500 - 1700
Dimensions: 28.22 mm x 14.91 mm x 1.01 mm
Weight: 2.36 g
Similar book fittings are recorded in database records HAMP-159B82, SUR-B39F23, and WILT-4A6677
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28.22 mm
Width: 14.91 mm
Thickness: 1.01 mm
Weight: 2.36 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 31st August 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCMS 016785
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: East Knoyle (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST8732
Four figure Latitude: 51.08716507
Four figure longitude: -2.18698531
1:25K map: ST8732
1:10K map: ST83SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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