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STRAP END
Unique ID: SF-FAB796
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Two incomplete composite cast copper-alloy strap ends dating to the Medieval period, c. 1250-1400. Each strap end consists two outer plates riveted together tat their upper and lower edges, the plates themselves being sub-rectangular in form (tapering towards their base), with a projecting knopped terminal. Length: 26.97/17.64mm, thickness at midpoint: 1.73/3.29mm. Combined weight: 5.45g. C.f SWYOR-2C0FD1 on the PAS database, virtually identical to these two examples.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 2
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 11th November 2018
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Forest Heath (District)
To be known as: Mildenhall
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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