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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: WREX-118AAE
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy belt or strap mount, most likely of late post medieval or modern date, c. 1600-1800AD. The mount is a double axehead shape with bevelled outer edged. The waisted area at the centre of the object is decorated with two parallel grooves. On the back of the object are two pointed lugs that have been bent over. The object is attached to a piece of leather, presumably from the strap it was originally fastened to. The object has a dark green patina.
Length: 26.7mm; width: 21.1mm; thickness (excluding lugs): 3.48; weight: 6.7g
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 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 26.7 mm
Width: 21.1 mm
Thickness: 3.48 mm
Weight: 6.7 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 18th June 2018 - Monday 17th September 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NWales PAS 170918/07
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Leather
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Denbighshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Denbighshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Tremeirchion
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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