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STRAP END

Unique ID: WILT-3E2F08

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A Medieval copper alloy composite strap end with a forked sheet spacer, dating to c. AD 1250-1450. The strap end, which comprises of a copper alloy sheet front and backplate with a central sheet spacer, is sub-rectangular in plan, with a terminal knop and escalloped attachment end, with two notches. The plates are riveted together, with one rivet at either end, both on the longitudinal axis.

Length 28.6mm; width 14.1mm; thickness 3.2mm; weight 3.58g.

cf. Egan & Pritchard (1991: 142) no. 660.

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 1450

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 28.6 mm
Width: 14.1 mm
Thickness: 3.2 mm
Weight: 3.58 g

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: SSWM 5496

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: St. Paul Malmesbury Without (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: ST9488
Four figure Latitude: 51.59081773
Four figure longitude: -2.08800454
1:25K map: ST9488
1:10K map: ST98NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Egan, G. and Pritchard, F.	1991	Dress Accessories, c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London 3) (1991)	London	Stationery Office Books	142	No 660
Egan, G. and Pritchard, F.	1991	Dress Accessories, c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London 3) (1991)	London	Stationery Office Books	142	No 660

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Recording Institution: WILT
Created: 4 years ago
Updated: 4 years ago

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