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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: SOM-B87789
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval copper alloy sexfoil strap mount. The mount is flat with six petals radiating out from a central circular hole. Each petal is broadly triangular with a concave outer edge. Indents between the petals at the outer edge are emphasised by incised grooves reaching intoward the centre. Each petal is decorated with incised lines following the outline of the petal. Three have rocker arm (wrigglework) filling the central area, alternating with three decorated with an incised outline of a trefoil with pointed leaves. The three with rockerarm have a central circular hole which would have held a seperate rivet for attachment. The back is plain. The mount is 27.6mm by 26.7mm and weighs 3.69g.
This unusully decorative mount is similar to plainer exmaples such as Read (2001:15) no.97 dated c.1270-1350 and Egan and Pritchard (2002:188-9) nos.996 and 1001 of c.1350-1450, which have similar broad form with a good size circular hole in the centre and potentially to examples illustrated on brasses of the mid to late 14th century (Alexander and Binski 1987:293-6). A 14th century date is therefore suggested for this piece. It is possible they were mounted over belt holes (holes for the buckle pin) as some show wear on the central hole.
Notes:
This record was created at a rally and so may fall below our usual standards in photograph or detail of description.
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: 27.6 mm
Width: 26.7 mm
Weight: 3.69 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 24th September 2016 - Saturday 24th September 2016
Rally details.
This object was found at Muchelney Sep 2016
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
Parish or ward: Muchelney (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST4324
Four figure Latitude: 51.01254139
Four figure longitude: -2.81389319
1:25K map: ST4324
1:10K map: ST42SW
Grid reference source: Recorded at a rally
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander, J. and Binski, P. | 1987 | Age of Chivalry: Art in Plantagenet England, 1200-1400 | London | Royal Academy of Arts/Weidenfeld and Nicholson | |||
| Egan, G. and Pritchard, F. | 2002 | Dress Accessories, c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London) (2002) | London | HMSO | |||
| Read, B. | 2001 | Metal artefacts of antiquity: A catalogue of small finds from specific areas of the United Kingdom | Langport | Portcullis Publishing |
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