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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: WAW-0A7270
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval (c.1200-1400) strap fitting; bar mount. The copper alloy bar mount has an elongated sub-droplet arm with a bulbous upper terminal with a broken edge. The lower terminal has an integral quatrefoil frame with a small knop on the exterior in each corner. In profile it is slightly curved being convex on the exterior face and concave on the reverse. The frame is D-shaped in section. The surface has an incomplete white metal alloy coating.
It measures 29.01mm in length, 13.19mm wide and weighs 1.87g.
A similar bar mounts are recorded on the database NMS-2143A3, GLO-14ED4A and GLO-A1E719 dating to the 13th to 14th centuries.
Class: Bar Mount
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 29.01 mm
Width: 13.19 mm
Weight: 1.87 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 2016 - Thursday 27th July 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Warwickshire (County)
District: Stratford-on-Avon (District)
Parish or ward: Alcester (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP0856
Four figure Latitude: 52.20217252
Four figure longitude: -1.88436118
1:25K map: SP0856
1:10K map: SP05NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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