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STRAP END
Unique ID: NLM-223798
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy strap end. A straight-sided strip with a rounded point at one end, straight at the other. The latter bears a round drilled hole of diameter 2.7mm, presumably to attach the plate to a strap and possibly to another metal component. Decoration comprises two neatly incised pairs of lines to either side of the fixing hole, and the object is polished by wear. Bent. The study of the sizes of buckles from Anglo-Saxon graves (e.g. Drinkall, in Drinkall and Foreman 1998, page 272) suggests increasing currency of narrow straps to be a feature of the 7th century. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 600-700.
Length (as found): 39.4mm, Width: 9.8mm, Thickness: 0.8mm, Weight: 1.97gms
Notes:
The finder suggests this to be part of an assemblage amounting to c.5% of material recovered from an extensive site, the rest being removed illicitly without record. Archaeological opinion holds the site to have been of equivalent character to Flixborough, North Lincolnshire, in terms of its material culture. Coins are under-represented in the group
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 600
Date to: Circa AD 700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 39.4 mm
Width: 9.8 mm
Thickness: 0.8 mm
Weight: 1.97 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 1995 - Sunday 31st December 2000
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM37260
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: near Keelby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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