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STRAP END
Unique ID: IOW-FCF927
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete Medieval copper-alloy two-piece strap-end (c. 1270-c. 1450).
This strap-end has two rectangular plates with straight terminal ends and no side strips. At the attachment end both plates are crudely bevelled and have a central semi-circular aperture. There are five rivet holes (c. 1.4mm in diameter), one at each corner of the terminal end and one at each corner of the attachment end. The fifth hole is at the centre of the plates. Three rivets are missing but two survive at the attachment end. Both are dome-headed and the heads have a diameter of c. 2.8mm. The front plate is decorated with a punched border of punched 'dashes' which form lines. One of the long sides has a line of punched triangles outside the line. The rear face is flat and plain.
The strap-end has a green patina with traces of gilding on the front and back plate.
Length: 36.3mm; width: 10.6mm; thickness: 1.9mm; thickness including rivets: 5.0mm. Weight: 3.22g. (the weight includes some soil).
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1270
Date to: Circa AD 1450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 36.3 mm
Width: 10.6 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight: 3.22 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 10th June 2018 - Sunday 10th June 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2018-1-197
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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