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STRAP END

Unique ID: BH-2EFBE6

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An incomplete copper-alloy strap end dating to the fourteenth century AD. The fragment comprises the front plate of a two piece strap end. The plate is heart-shaped in plan with bent sides. It measures 21mm in length, a maximum of 20mm in width and 5mm in thickness. cf. Egan and Pritchard (1993) p. 134, nos. 616 passim for parallels.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Exactly AD 1400

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 21 mm
Width: 20 mm
Thickness: 5 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 3rd April 2016

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: Kettering (District)
Parish or ward: Orton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP7878
Four figure Latitude: 52.39447301
Four figure longitude: -0.85514771
1:25K map: SP7878
1:10K map: SP77NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

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Created: 6 years ago
Updated: 6 years ago

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