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STRAP END
Unique ID: NMS-3C84AA
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete medieval sheet copper alloy strap end, broad end with rivet with square rove securing a bar-mount of arched cross-section, baluster shaped body broken across a rIvet hole at narrowed end. This an example of a type normally described as "shield-shaped" (Egan and Pritchard 1991, 156-8). Extant length 15.5mm. Width 15mm. Bar-mount 7.5 x 14.5mm. c.1350 - c.1400.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 43.5 mm
Width: 15.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 29th June 2017 - Wednesday 26th July 2017
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 30636
Other reference: DDMD072017
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Bradenham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF9109
Four figure Latitude: 52.64510298
Four figure longitude: 0.82174649
1:25K map: TF9109
1:10K map: TF90NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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