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CLASP

Unique ID: DOR-930285

Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A complete cast copper-alloy toggle clasp. It has a tapering form with a curvilinear outline. The wider end is straight and the tapered end is rounded into a raised, domed knop. The object is plano-convex in cross section. At the mid point there is openwork decoration in the form of a central circular aperture flanked by three small decorative 'wings' on each side. There is a a second smaller aperture, a rivet hole, at the wider end.
Reference: Read 2008, no 757, p. 209.
Date: Post-Medieval - 1500-1700 AD.
Dimensions:27.89mm long x 12.06mm wide x 3.13mm thick
Weight: 2.05 g.

Similar examples can be found on the database: SUSS-CBFEB3 and SUSS-3D80C4

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 27.89 mm
Width: 12.06 mm
Thickness: 3.13 mm
Weight: 2.05 g

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: SCMS019004

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: West Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Frampton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SY6394
Four figure Latitude: 50.7444187
Four figure longitude: -2.52576944
1:25K map: SY6394
1:10K map: SY64NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Read, B.	2008	Hooked-Clasps and Eyes	Langport	Portcullis Publishing	209	757

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Audit data

Recording Institution: DOR
Created: 6 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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