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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: WMID-1307CF
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete hooked openwork strap fitting, of the Early Post Medieval period, dating from c. AD 1550 to c. AD 1650.
The strap fitting consists of a trefoil plate with circular and lozenge shapped apertures, and a projecting bifurcate collar at the juncture of the plate and the rearward facing close butted blunt hook. The front edges are bevelled. The reverse is flat and undecorated. Rivet holes retain separate iron rivets. A separate copper alloy pendent ring would have been suspended in the hook, however this is now missing presumed lost in antiquity. The hook has also been broken and is incomplete.
The strap fitting measures 37.3 mm in length and us 15.5 mm wide. It has a thickness of 1.7 mm and weighs 2.4 g.
The strap fitting is a mid brown in colour, with an even surface patina. Abrasion caused by movement whilst within the plough soil may have resulted in the loss of some of the original surface detail.
Several similar strap fittings have been recorded on the PAS database including: WMID-1DFEB2; IOW-0A0576; HAMP-A13DC2; CORN-2F0ED5; SF-57F510; SF-5F17C6; IOW-1B6986, and WMID-F55813. A similar strap fitting has been published as no 828 in Read 2008, p 232.
Reference:
Read, B. 2008. Hooked Clasps and Eyes. Portcullis Publishing. Langport.
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 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 37.3 mm
Width: 15.5 mm
Thickness: 1.7 mm
Weight: 2.4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st April 2016 - Tuesday 31st May 2016
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Decoration style: Openwork
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Stoke upon Tern (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SJ6329
Four figure Latitude: 52.85721092
Four figure longitude: -2.55094869
1:25K map: SJ6329
1:10K map: SJ62NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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