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CLASP
Unique ID: NMS-63759D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete sub-rectangular frame from strap clasp. Outside edge has an integrally cast crowned head with crudely incised features, broken across the outer two of four drilled holes in the crown. Slightly curved rectangular-sectioned sides and stump of narrowed oval-sectioned bar. Length 34mm. Width 18mm. A folding clasp with the head of a king, from London, is illustrated and discussed in Egan and Pritchard (1991) no.568. Cf. a broadly similar object from Emneth, Norfolk (HER 36164). Other examples with crowned heads are known from Dover and Lincolnshire. 14th century.
Class:
two part
Sub class: large head (crowned)
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: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 34 mm
Width: 18 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 24th February 2016 - Wednesday 30th March 2016
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 60989
Other reference: DDMD032016
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: North Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Roughton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG2135
Four figure Latitude: 52.86707083
Four figure longitude: 1.28195351
1:25K map: TG2135
1:10K map: TG23NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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