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BOOK FITTING
Unique ID: NMS-06959C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post-medieval copper alloy hooked book clasp in rather worn condition, with two notches in the fishtail terminal, a double concentric punched ring around an iron river near the terminal, slight lateral projections before the hook and faint faint traces of decoration, including one transverse line or groove. Length 38.5mm. Width 13.5 - 6.6mm. 16th century.
Field WG3
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 38.5 mm
Width: 13.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st March 2017 - Friday 31st March 2017
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 56989
Other reference: SET032017
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Stamped
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Wreningham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM1699
Four figure Latitude: 52.54597673
Four figure longitude: 1.18416659
1:25K map: TM1699
1:10K map: TM19NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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