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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: LANCUM-DDB45B
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Possibly a complete copper alloy sword belt fitting dating from the post-medieval period (c. 16th-17th century). The fitting is small and almost complete. It was attached to a leather strap which is missing now. The fitting appears undecorated, but all surfaces are very worn. The obverse is a square which extends into a flat, curved shank which curves backwards on itself terminating in a loop. On the reverse of the square is a small lug, to which the loop is attached. It was then hammered flat to secure the fitting around the leather strap.
Class: sword belt fitting
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: 26 mm
Width: 13.5 mm
Thickness: 2.3 mm
Weight: 5.51 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 2nd June 2016
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cumbria (County)
District: Carlisle (District)
To be known as: Longtown
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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