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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: NMS-395ADA
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval copper alloy strap fitting, a belt mount in the form of a very stylised animal head and decorated with transverse and oblique engraved grooves. There is a separate rivet, and a round concavity on the reverse. Very similar to two examples from Buckinghamshire (Ivens et al. 1995, 336, fig. 153, nos.63-4). Height and width 12.2 and 9.6mm. Thickness 3mm. Rivet length 4mm. 14th century.
Field L10
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
Height: 12.2 mm
Width: 9.6 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 19th August 2016 - Monday 31st October 2016
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 31044
Other reference: SET102016
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Roudham and Larling (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL9789
Four figure Latitude: 52.46339365
Four figure longitude: 0.89844545
1:25K map: TL9789
1:10K map: TL98NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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