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SWORD BELT
Unique ID: NMS-772141
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post-medieval copper alloy possible sword belt fitting, a pear-shaped plate with two iron-filled rivet holes and forward-facing hook engraged with a S-shaped round-sectioned loop. Quite similar to Read 2008, no. 787, but without a lobe at the non-hooked end and with an extremely asymmetrical or lop-sided collar above the hook. In addition the plate is cast. Overall length 61.5mm. Length and width of plate 40 and 22.8mm. Mid 16th - 17th century.
Field CAW1
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 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 61.5 mm
Width: 22.8 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st March 2016 - Thursday 31st March 2016
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 11937
Other reference: SET032016
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Broadland (District)
Parish or ward: Cawston (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG1424
Four figure Latitude: 52.77116531
Four figure longitude: 1.17093051
1:25K map: TG1424
1:10K map: TG12SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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