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SWORD BELT
Unique ID: PUBLIC-7DAABD
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An early Post Medieval toggle-clasp, probably used as a sword belt fitting, dating between 1550 -1700. The fitting consists of a convex moulded relief plate with transverse ridged collar and a debased trefoil knop. 2 circular rivet holes are positioned at either end of the plate and some iron corrosion suggests that the missing rivets were composed of iron. One end has a transverse and grooved collar and a circular eye with sub-rectangular aperture and a circular suspension loop. Presumably, this segment would have fit into another segment called a toggle which is now missing. It measures 49.37mm long, 23.16mm wide at the circular eye. the circular plate is 4.95mm thick and weighs overall 9.3gms grams. Cf. Read 2008, p. 211, no. 764.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 49.37 mm
Width: 23.16 mm
Thickness: 4.95 mm
Weight: 9.3 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 3rd December 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PastfindersI
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Lewes (District)
To be known as: Near Lewes
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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