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CASKET
Unique ID: BERK-607CB1
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper alloy mount or fitting, possibly from a strap/harness or even a casket and dating from c. 1400-1600 AD. With a triangular profile, one end terminates to a rounded, tapering point with a fixing hole. The other end opens out into a half moon crescent, also with the remnant of a fixing hole. The surface has a dull green/brown patina with remnants of gilding.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 32 mm
Width: 17.4 mm
Thickness: 2.85 mm
Weight: 3.8 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Yellow metal
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: South Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Goring (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU6079
Four figure Latitude: 51.50675504
Four figure longitude: -1.13688793
1:25K map: SU6079
1:10K map: SU67NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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