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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: LIN-4A7CE1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy medieval pendent loop from a belt. The fitting would have been attached to a bar mount which was itself rivetted to the belt. The loop is rouhgly pointed oval has two long rounded extensions.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 22 mm
Width: 13 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Torksey area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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