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SWORD BELT
Unique ID: NLM-E11279
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy possible sword belt fitting fragment. A cast plate with a trefoil end with a fixing hole of diameter 3mm drilled through its central knop. The display face bears moulded vegetal ornament. The object is possibly broken at its wider end; alternatively this may be a mount of similar date. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1650.
Length: 28.5mm, Width: 19.7mm, Thickness: 2mm, Weight: 4.16gms
Notes:
From a large group left with landowner by an unidentified detectorist over the period 2008-2012; the finder has since died
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 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28.5 mm
Width: 19.7 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 4.16 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 11th January 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM38248
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Decoration style: Floral
Completeness: Uncertain
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Cadney (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TA0103
Four figure Latitude: 53.51398636
Four figure longitude: -0.47832915
1:25K map: TA0103
1:10K map: TA00SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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