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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: HESH-A874B5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Cast copper alloy strap fitting of probable post-medieval date (1500-1700). The strap fitting is an octofoil shape in plan with four wide lobes interspaced by four small knops. The front face is flat and it is rectangular in section. The edges of the fitting are bevelled. The front face is undecorated but may have originally had a gilded applied surface. The reverse face is also flat and has two cast sub-rectangular projections (hooks) positioned on either edge of the fitting. These hooks pass through the strap leather and hold the fitting in place. A small section of mid grey black coloured friable leather survives held between the hooks. The strap fitting is mid green colour and has been slightly rolled in the ploughsoil. The abrasion has also resulted in making the strap fitting slightly asymmetrical and the two hooks being bent and broken. Similar examples of strap fittings can be seen in Brian Read's book 'Metal Artefacts of Antiquity' (pages 33-35 specifically figures 265-267).
The fitting measures 22.0mm length, 21.3mm width, is 5.7mm thick (the front plate is 1.7mm thick; it weighs 4.27 grams.
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: Exactly AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 22 mm
Width: 21.3 mm
Thickness: 5.7 mm
Weight: 4.27 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: shawbury
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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