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KENT-D14B17: KENT-D14B17. Copper alloy cruciform fitting.

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FITTING

Unique ID: KENT-D14B17

Object type certainty: Certain
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Cast copper alloy cruciform fitting. Very worn, but with some traces of gilding present. Decoration comprises a four-petalled flower at the centre of the cross and on the end of each terminal. One arm of the cross has a bulbous projection at its terminal. Some traces of relief decoration and gilding are extant on the reverse, perhaps suggesting that the fitting was a decoration on the end of a staff or shaft, and was intended to be viewed from both sides. Probably dates to circa 1200-1500.

Class: Cruciform

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1500

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 30.19 mm
Width: 29.9 mm
Thickness: 4.14 mm
Weight: 9.98 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 17th July 2004

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

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Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Folkestone and Hythe (District)
Parish or ward: Newington (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TQ8563
Four figure Latitude: 51.335988
Four figure longitude: 0.654439
1:25K map: TQ8563
1:10K map: TQ86SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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Audit data

Recording Institution: KENT
Created: 19 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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