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STRAP END
Unique ID: NMS-36B768
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval copper alloy composite strap end with forked spacer dating to the period c. AD 1250 - 1450. Tongue-shaped; formed from two sheet plates with the forked spacer in between. At the attachment end is a single copper alloy rivet sitting flush with the surface of the object.
See: Egan & Pritchard, 2002, p. 141 - 143, no. 659 - 662.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 40.4 mm
Width: 11.3 mm
Thickness: 3.9 mm
Weight: 9.4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st October 2017 - Tuesday 31st October 2017
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 3113
Other reference: IND14052017JS
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Broadland (District)
Parish or ward: Guestwick (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG0528
Four figure Latitude: 52.81056095
Four figure longitude: 1.04022625
1:25K map: TG0528
1:10K map: TG02NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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