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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: CORN-263BE3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Double sheet copper-alloy strap end with bent sides in the form of a shield in plan with a lobed knop extension at the terminal end. The face plate is incised with the letters IHS with a line above that follows the form of the knopped end. All this is within an incised border which follows the edge of the plate and is emphasised by six diagonal marks on either side if the lettering. The back plate has keyhole-shaped openwork surrounded by four rivets in four rivet holes in each corner. There are no remains of the leather strap between the two sheets of copper alloy that make up the strap end in this example.
Read (1995) illustrates a similar example with the same initials, from Cockington, Torquay, Devon, on page 66, No.342, which he dates from the 15th to 16th centuries.
Inscription:
IHS
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 34.7 mm
Width: 26.9 mm
Thickness: 8.8 mm
Weight: 16.04 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st July 2002 - Wednesday 31st July 2002
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Hayle (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SW5638
Four figure Latitude: 50.191633
Four figure longitude: -5.41985
1:25K map: SW5638
1:10K map: SW58SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read, B. | 1995 | History Beneath our Feet (1995) | Ipswich | Anglia Publishing | 66 | No.342 |
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