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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: YORYM-0016C8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete copper-alloy strap slide of probable Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1500 - 1700. The object is circular in plan with a D-shaped section. A small depression is present to the centre of the reverse and is flanked by an integral attachment loop. The front of the fitting is decorated with a moulded design featuring a central raised boss within a raised circumferential border. This border is surrounded by nine raised sub-ovate panels. The resulting effect if similar to an open flower or sun.
The metal ha a mid-brown/green patina and is worn. The strap slide is 20.6mm in diameter, 3.9mm thick (13mm with loop) and weighs 6.9g.
No direct parallel for this object could be found at the time of recording though it shares similar features with a number of mounts illustrated in Egan & Pritchard (2002), p.194. A similar date is therefore suggested for the present example.
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 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3.9 mm
Weight: 6.9 g
Diameter: 20.6 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: YMT : E05338
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Craven (District)
Parish or ward: Rylstone (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SD9659
Four figure Latitude: 54.02697792
Four figure longitude: -2.06255101
1:25K map: SD9659
1:10K map: SD95NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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