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STRAP FITTING
Unique ID: PUBLIC-B5E2A1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A medieval cast copper-alloy strap-slide (strap-fitting). The frame is broadly pentagonal in plan with a wide flat base, rectangular-sectioned sides that slope outwards very slightly, and an angled peak in the centre of the top bar. The base is rectangular in cross section and the sides and top bar are trapeziodal, the inner sides being wider than the outer. There is a hole through the base of the frame, halfway along and off centre, from which the accompanying rivet is missing.
The frame is 18.72mm long at the base, widening to 19.69 mm at the top bar. It is 14.38 mm tall from the base to the peak, and 3.86 mm thick at the base. The piece weighs 1.61 g.
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: 14.38 mm
Width: 18.72 mm
Thickness: 3.86 mm
Weight: 1.61 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 9th 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: Mid Suffolk (District)
Parish or ward: Norton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL9566
Four figure Latitude: 52.25759582
Four figure longitude: 0.85569109
1:25K map: TL9566
1:10K map: TL96NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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