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STRAP FITTING

Unique ID: HAMP-CC8EC2

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A medieval (1350-1400) copper alloy five-sided strap-slide with a separate internal rivet. As per. Egan's illustration (1991, 230) it measures 26.9mm in height, 18.0mm in length and 19.4mm in minimum internal width; it weighs 3.38g.
The attachment edge has a central circular perforation with an in situ rivet 3.7mm long, of a differnt copper alloy to the rest of the frame (reddish-brown, where the rest of the frame is green). To the inside of the attachment edge a circular rove (4.8mm diameter) encircles the rivet.
The outside edge of the strap-slide is trapezoidal in cross-section, being widest to the internal face.

Class: strap slide

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: 18 mm
Height: 26.9 mm
Width: 26.9 mm
Weight: 3.38 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st October 2015 - Thursday 1st October 2015

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: Hampshire Cultural Trust Object Entry Form WINCM 647

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Winterbourne Stoke (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU0641
Four figure Latitude: 51.1682131
Four figure longitude: -1.91556485
1:25K map: SU0641
1:10K map: SU04SE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: HAMP
Created: 5 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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