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STRAP END
Unique ID: DEV-4F4251
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Medieval copper alloy strap end, probably dating to c. AD 1250-1500. The strap end comprises of two tongue-shaped sheets of copper alloy pressed together and riveted in place, with two seperately made copper alloy rivets and the attachment end and a third at the terminal. Below this third rivet is a small, incomplete sub-circular perforation, presumably serving as a point of attachment. The strap end is undecorated.
Dimensions: length 42.8mm; width 17.2mm; thickness 4.3mm; weight 5.6g.
Simple copper alloy sheet strap ends are relatively common medieval finds, see for example those published by Egan & Pritchard (2002: 127-137), especially no. 609, which is of the same general conruction and was found in a context dating to c. AD 1270-1350.
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 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 42.8 mm
Width: 17.2 mm
Thickness: 4.3 mm
Weight: 5.6 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 10th September 2017 - Sunday 10th September 2017
Rally details.
This object was found at West Ashford rally, Nr. Braunton, Devon, August-September 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ticket no. 5
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Devon (County)
District: North Devon (District)
Parish or ward: Heanton Punchardon (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SS5235
Four figure Latitude: 51.09515641
Four figure longitude: -4.11491823
1:25K map: SS5235
1:10K map: SS53NW
Grid reference source: Recorded at a rally
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egan, G. and Pritchard, F. | 2002 | Dress Accessories, c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London) (2002) | London | HMSO |
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