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BOOK FITTING
Unique ID: LANCUM-EA3FD4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Fragment of a medieval copper-alloy book clasp of hinged type. The loop survives, with a central hole which would have fitted over a peg on the opposite cover of the book. The terminal is now missing, but the hinge loops on the other side of the loop survive, with a bar held between them. The metal is mid green in colour with a slightly pitted patina. The length is 18mm, the width is 16mm and the weight 2.87g.
Most examples of this object type appear to date to the 14th or 15th centuries.
Class:
clasp
Sub class: Howsam type A.1.1
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 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 18 mm
Width: 16 mm
Weight: 2.87 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st June 2017 - Thursday 1st June 2017
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lancashire (County)
District: Ribble Valley (District)
Parish or ward: Bowland-with-Leagram (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SD6243
Four figure Latitude: 53.88179063
Four figure longitude: -2.57954826
1:25K map: SD6243
1:10K map: SD64SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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