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STRAP END
Unique ID: HAMP-1296FC
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy plate from a medieval composite strap-end, probably of the type with forked spacer and dating to c.1250-1450. The plate widens from an angled tip c.7.2mm wide to the opposite end (8.9mm wide) which has a 1.6mm diameter central piercing for an attachment rivet, now missing. Two lines of opposed punched triangles flank the edges, the bases of the triangles facing each other. A light brown concretion adheres to both the front and reverse surfaces. The object measures 24.1mm in length, 8.9mm in max.width, 0.5mm in thickness and weighs 0.37g.
Class: Composite
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 24.1 mm
Width: 8.9 mm
Thickness: 0.5 mm
Weight: 0.37 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 4th December 2016 - Sunday 4th December 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Hampshire Cultural Trust Object Entry Form WINCM 426
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Cherwell (District)
Parish or ward: Somerton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP4927
Four figure Latitude: 51.93935449
Four figure longitude: -1.28862781
1:25K map: SP4927
1:10K map: SP42NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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