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BOOK FITTING
Unique ID: NMS-D0DC83
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Worn and bent post-medieval copper alloy book clasp, blunt hook at very slight transverse rectangular expansion, bent across mid-point, iron corrosion in both rivet-holes and on reverse of plate, one at hooked end and the other at the damaged triple-notched splayed attachment-end. Length (unbent) 50mm. Width at terminal 15mm. Width at mid-point 9mm. Later 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: Circa AD 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 50 mm
Width: 15 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 27th April 2017 - Wednesday 31st May 2017
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 52614
Other reference: DDMD052017
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Deopham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM0499
Four figure Latitude: 52.55060142
Four figure longitude: 1.00746174
1:25K map: TM0499
1:10K map: TM09NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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