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SWORD BELT
Unique ID: NMS-7B5FF3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Fragment of post-medieval copper alloy hooked pendent plate from a sword belt hanger, the hook and a small part of the plate broken across a rust stained rivet hole. Though very little has survived the complete object was almost certainly close in form and decoration to Read 2008, no. 793. Extant length or height 21.5mm. Width 15.6mm. Mid 16th - 17th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1550
Date to: Exactly AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 21.5 mm
Width: 15.6 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 8th April 2016 - Friday 8th April 2016
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 61823
Other reference: E19270
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Brooke (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM2899
Four figure Latitude: 52.54108868
Four figure longitude: 1.36082201
1:25K map: TM2899
1:10K map: TM29NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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