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SCABBARD
Unique ID: SWYOR-A8F41D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a copper-alloy scabbard chape dating from the late medieval to early post medieval period, about AD 1450 - 1600. The cast front has a plain concave back, angled sides and a moulded front. The lower part is shaped like a scallop shell with radiating moulded indented lines. At the base of the curve is a damaged projecting knop The upper part of the chape, and the backplate are missing. The break is patinated. It measures 18.1mm long, 26mm wide and 3.9mm thick. 3g.
Ward Perkins (1940) illustrates similar chapes (Plate LXXX) and this example is probably closest to his Type III (ibid p.285) with a similar scallop lower section and indented top. Standard Type IIIs have a trefoil piercing in the upper part. He dates them to the late 15th to 16th centurys (ibid p.286). Compare SWYOR-4805FB for a more complete example.
Class: Chape
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 1450
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 18.1 mm
Width: 26 mm
Thickness: 3.9 mm
Weight: 3 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st January 2018 - Wednesday 28th February 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 3170
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Rotherham (Metropolitan District)
District: Rotherham (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Wath (Metropolitan District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK4599
Four figure Latitude: 53.48579926
Four figure longitude: -1.32331011
1:25K map: SK4599
1:10K map: SK49NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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