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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: YORYM-20BDB9
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy strap fitting of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1500 - 1700. The strap fitting is circular with a domed profile and moulded decoration to the upper surface in the form of a flower, possibly a rose.
The reverse is concave with two worn stubs projecting at opposite point on the edge. These likely represent the remains of a strap loop or spikes.
The metal has a dark green/brown patina and is worn. The object is 18.4mm indiameter, 5.1mm thick and weighs 3.4g.
A similar example is recorded on the PAS database as WAW-840936 in which it is stated that "strap mounts were popular during the 13th to early 16th centuries with some types continuing into the 17th century as harness mounts (Egan, G. 2005 Material Culture in London in an Age of Transition MoLAS Monograph 19 p. 39). This example probably dates to the 16th to 17th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 5.1 mm
Weight: 3.4 g
Diameter: 18.4 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: YMT : E05733
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Bury (Metropolitan District)
District: Bury (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Redvales (Metropolitan District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SD8010
Four figure Latitude: 53.58619938
Four figure longitude: -2.30358839
1:25K map: SD8010
1:10K map: SD81SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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