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STRAP END
Unique ID: NLM-611878
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy strap end. Composite strap end comprising two sub-rectangular slightly tapered plates of thickness 0.5mm with a spacer plate between them. The narrower outer rounded end is adorned by a trefoil. A saltire is finely incised at the inner end of the display face with a pair of incised lines beyond it; further decoration may have been lost to wear. Suggested date: Late Medieval, 1350-1400.
Length: 45.6mm, Width: 12.1mm, Thickness (overall at belt end): 2.6mm, Weight: 5.01gms
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 45.6 mm
Width: 12.1 mm
Thickness: 2.6 mm
Weight: 5.01 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 10th July 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM33052
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Roxby cum Risby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9114
Four figure Latitude: 53.61465305
Four figure longitude: -0.62588526
1:25K map: SE9114
1:10K map: SE91SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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