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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: WAW-7459AB
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Cast copper-alloy medieval strap-slide. It is rectangular, with a small rectangular protrusion on the exterior of one long edge. It has an mottled mid green patina, and measures 15.78mm long, 14.84mm wide, and 2.77mm thick. It weighs 1.09g.
Strap slides were used during the medieval period as a method of holding down loose parts of straps. In Egan and Pritchard (2002) there are similar strap-slides, nos. 1236 and 1239, from contexts dated to the late 13th to 14th centuries (c. 1270-1400).
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 1270
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 15.78 mm
Width: 14.84 mm
Thickness: 2.77 mm
Weight: 1.09 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st February 2018 - Wednesday 28th February 2018
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Warwickshire (County)
District: Stratford-on-Avon (District)
Parish or ward: Harbury (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP3760
Four figure Latitude: 52.23695467
Four figure longitude: -1.45960638
1:25K map: SP3760
1:10K map: SP36SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egan, G. and Pritchard, F. | 2002 | Dress Accessories, c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London) (2002) | London | HMSO |
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