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STRAP FITTING

Unique ID: NMS-8776A4

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Four medieval sheet copper alloy "shield shaped" strap ends (Egan and Pritchard 1991, nos. 156-8), c.1270 - c.1450:

- angled inside edge, straight sides, bar-mount of arched section, two rivets, one with square rove, 13 x 8.9, bar-mount 4.7 x 8.9mm.

- rounded inside edge, two notches on both sides, bar-mount of arched section, two rivets, one missing, one with rectangular rove, 14.5 x 10.4, bar-mount 3.7 x 10.6mm.

- rounded inside edge, large rounded notch on both sides, bar mount lost, two rivets, one lost, one with rectangular rove (leather between rove and reverse), 15.7 x 11.5mm.

- bluntly angled inside edge, notch on both sides, two rivets with circular roves, one attached to flat quatrefoil mount, 18.2 x 10mm, mount 9.5 x 8.5mm. Cf. Egan and Pritchard 1991, no. 733, NMS-A8A2D1 and NMS-756D3F.

Class: barred mount

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1270
Date to: Circa AD 1450

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 4

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 15th December 2015 - Monday 12th December 2016

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Other reference numbers

SMR reference number: 61785
Other reference: SB022017

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Beachamwell (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TF7405
Four figure Latitude: 52.61489442
Four figure longitude: 0.56865148
1:25K map: TF7405
1:10K map: TF70NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

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Recording Institution: NMS
Created: 7 years ago
Updated: 4 years ago

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