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GIRDLE HANGER
Unique ID: LEIC-03B9C3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Early medieval copper alloy girdle hanger fragment, Length: 22 mm, width: 17 mm, thickness: 1 mm, weight: 4.52 grams.
The object consists of part of the lower portion of a girdle hanger. It is U shaped in form and rectangular in cross section. The upright portion (left in photo) is the lower part of the central shaft with the right side of the base and most of the right (as shown) projection. The object is worn and is decorated on one face with two lines of decoration, forming a border, consisting of a row of incised dashes next to a row of sub circuar stamps.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 475
Date to: Circa AD 550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 22 mm
Width: 17 mm
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 4.52 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 11th July 2017 - Tuesday 11th July 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Rutland (Unitary Authority)
District: Rutland (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Leighfield (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK8204
Four figure Latitude: 52.62757514
Four figure longitude: -0.7899773
1:25K map: SK8204
1:10K map: SK80SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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