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STRAP END
Unique ID: NMS-879089
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Front sheet plate from a medieval copper alloy composite tongue-shaped strap end. The spacer would have been full-width. On both sides there are four cut-outs before an elaborate trefoil knop, cf. Margeson 1993, no. 232. There is a rivet in the centre of the knop and a rivet holes near the attachment edge. The main part is decorated with a diagonal lattice of rocker-arm engraving. Length 55mm. Width 13mm. 14th century.
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
Length: 55 mm
Width: 13 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 14th March 2017 - Monday 10th April 2017
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 58528
Other reference: KLMD042017
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Methwold (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL7194
Four figure Latitude: 52.51705417
Four figure longitude: 0.51871814
1:25K map: TL7194
1:10K map: TL79SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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