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STRAP END
Unique ID: NMS-5DD972
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Terminal end fragment of a cast late Saxon Anglo Scandinavian strap end; probably Thomas Class E. Only the last 17mm is extant the upper attachment end being missing from old breaks. One face of the fragment is quartered with scrolls in each quadrant, the lower two of which are centrally pierced. The reverse face is flat and undecorated. Circa AD 850-1000.
Class: Thomas Class E
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 850
Date to: Circa AD 1000
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 17 mm
Width: 18.5 mm
Thickness: 2.2 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 9th March 2018 - Friday 9th March 2018
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 62925
Other reference: IND19072018GC
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Rocklands (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL9995
Four figure Latitude: 52.51653823
Four figure longitude: 0.93142639
1:25K map: TL9995
1:10K map: TL99NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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