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STRAP END
Unique ID: PUBLIC-9B962B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete Late Saxon copper alloy tongue-shaped openwork strap end of Thomas 2004, Class E, Type 1, in very abraded condition with the open end missing from an ancient break. Due to the amount of wear there is only a very small amount of decoration visible at the end of the object. The object is of openwork design in the Winchester style. The object is tongue shaped with three pairs of circular perforations symetrically spaced along it.
Length 27.79mm. Width 20.16mm. Thickness 2.72mm, Weight 4.3g.
Class: Thomas Class E, type 1.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 900
Date to: Circa AD 1100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 27.79 mm
Width: 20.16 mm
Thickness: 2.72 mm
Weight: 4.3 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st May 2019
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Braintree (District)
Parish or ward: Castle Hedingham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL7934
Four figure Latitude: 51.97563338
Four figure longitude: 0.60472298
1:25K map: TL7934
1:10K map: TL73SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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