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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: SF-897918
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper-alloy strap fitting or loop of Post-Medieval date. It has a rectangular plate that is triangular in cross section, with a single integrally cast cylindrical rivet on the back face of the attachment end. At the opposite end the plate extends to an integral rectangular loop with central rectangular aperture. The entire object measures 23.12mm in length, 9.22mm in width, 8.26mm in thickness (including rivet), and 3.37g in weight. This is an incomplete hooked strap fitting or loop of Post-Medieval date with near identical parallels published by Read (2008: nos. 807-808). It is of probablce c.16th-17th century AD date.
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 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 23.12 mm
Width: 9.22 mm
Thickness: 8.26 mm
Weight: 3.37 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 2016
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Framlingham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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