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STRAP END
Unique ID: WILT-CE4D82
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a copper-alloy medieval strap end, dating to the period AD 1100-1500. It is rectangular in shape, measuring 35.15mm in length, 14.76mm wide (except where it tapers slightly inwards at the neck to 9.75mm). In cross-section it is triangular, measuring 3.42mm in thickness at the top and tapering out to 10.95mm. There are two breaks at the top, with what possibly remains of the base of a loop forming the now top of the object. Two raised ridges frame where the object tapers inwards, one either side. After the ridge, the body extends downwards and is broadly rectangular in shape, and is engraved with IHS. There is no further discernible decoration on the rest of the fragment. In total, the fragment weighs 11.26g and has a rough patina, being mid green in colour with patches of brown. The soil inside is the fragment is tightly packed, and dark brown in colour.
Similar artefacts have been recorded on the database as strap ends: NMS-8FC872 or as buckles HAMP-C43DB8.
Inscription:
IHS
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1100
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 35.15 mm
Width: 14.76 mm
Weight: 11.26 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: WHM 2017-23
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Bradford-on-Avon (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST8361
Four figure Latitude: 51.34782239
Four figure longitude: -2.24547931
1:25K map: ST8361
1:10K map: ST86SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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