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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: NMS-47DFB6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval copper alloy strap fitting: broken longitudinally faceted rectangular bar mount, copper alloy rivet at upper end, narrowed and folded with an enlarged perforated terminal on the reverse secured by a copper alloy rivet, pendent loop with slightly offset bar suspended within the fold. Cf. Egan and Pritchard (1991), fig. 138, no.1191. Extant strip length 10mm, width 3.5mm. Loop length 9mm, width 10mm. Extant overall length/height as hung 16mm. 14th century.
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: 16 mm
Width: 10 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 14th June 2016 - Monday 11th July 2016
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 3488
Other reference: KLMD072016
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Flitcham with Appleton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF7025
Four figure Latitude: 52.79577906
Four figure longitude: 0.51996254
1:25K map: TF7025
1:10K map: TF72NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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