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STRAP FITTING

Unique ID: DOR-3E47BC

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A cast copper alloy bar mount with two separate intact rivets dating to c.1350-1400. The central section of the mount is circular in shape and slightly hemispherical in section, with a hollow reverse. The domed upper face is undecorated. The central lobe tapers on either side to a smaller lobe, each with a central in situ rivet.

Reference: Read (2001) Metal Artefacts Of Antiquity illustrates similar examples on page 23, fig 12, no.157.

Date: Medieval

Dimensions: 13.72mm x 5.56mm x 2.03mm

Weight: 0.45g

Class: Bar Mount

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 1400

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 13.72 mm
Width: 5.56 mm
Thickness: 2.03 mm
Weight: 0.45 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st February 2018 - Wednesday 28th February 2018

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: SCMS-019023

Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: North Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Ashmore (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: ST9016
Four figure Latitude: 50.94335087
Four figure longitude: -2.14370666
1:25K map: ST9016
1:10K map: ST91NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Read, B.	2001	Metal artefacts of antiquity: A catalogue of small finds from specific areas of the United Kingdom	Langport	Portcullis Publishing	pg.23	Fig.12, no.157.

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Recording Institution: DOR
Created: 6 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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