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STRAP END
Unique ID: BH-EAB907
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy strap end dating to the period c. AD 1350 - 1450. The strap end comprises an upper and lower plate concealing a forked spacer. Remnants of white textile are visible sandwiched between the plates. Both plates are trapezoidal in plan with straight side edges, a scalloped upper edge and a pointed terminal. There is a single circular perforation below the scalloped upper edge containing a small, circular-section rivet. Both the upper and lower plate are undecorated. Similar examples have been illustrated in Egan and Pritchard (2002) p.142, plate 93. nos. 659 -663. The strap end measures 27mm in length, 15mm in width and 3mm in thickness.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 27 mm
Width: 15 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 1.76 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: South Cambridgeshire (District)
Parish or ward: Duxford (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL4443
Four figure Latitude: 52.06665939
Four figure longitude: 0.09934098
1:25K map: TL4443
1:10K map: TL44SW
Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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