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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: NMS-6E1A62
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Three fragments from a copper-alloy post-medieval sword belt hanger or mount. The remaining fragments consist of part of a plate which, when complete would have originally had three suspension loops from which a trio of hooked plates hung. The remaining two fragments comprise one complete hooked plate and one partial hooked plate. The scabbard straps would have been attached to these plates.
The mount and the hooked plates feature a symmetrical foliate decoration on the visible faces. These fittings are rarely found complete, however, an illustration of another complete sword-belt fitting can be found in Read (2001, 43; ref. 373). Their design and decoration are relatively standardised.
Although none of the fragments join together and it is not a foregone conclusion that all three fragments were once part of the same object, their proximity and similar levels of wear strongly suggest it.
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 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 3
Weight: 19.1 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 3rd October 2016 - Monday 3rd October 2016
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 14104
Other reference: INDE18800JS
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Long Stratton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM1991
Four figure Latitude: 52.47297414
Four figure longitude: 1.22307312
1:25K map: TM1991
1:10K map: TM19SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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