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STRAP END
Unique ID: NLM-B0D255
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy possible strap end. Cast elongated plate of plano-concavo section, broken at one or possibly both ends. Either closely-spaced transverse grooves or chatter marks appear along the ridge of the display face towards one end. This might be the remnant of a simple strap end of Thomas Class A, or a similar object of later date, as might be expected to bear either simpler or devolved decoration, albeit almost entirely lost to wear. This interpretation presupposes the loss of the means of attachment as well as, possibly, a decorated terminal. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 750-1100.
Length: 40mm, Width: 9.7mm, Thickness: 1.9mm, Weight: 3.36gms
Class: cf. Thomas Class A
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 750
Date to: Circa AD 1100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 40 mm
Width: 9.7 mm
Thickness: 1.9 mm
Weight: 3.36 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 16th January 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM38528
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: near Market Rasen
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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