LANCUM-378655: Cumbria, nr Kendal: Book Clasp

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BOOK FITTING

Unique ID: LANCUM-378655

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

One half of a copper-alloy book clasp with fish tail end and a decoration of punched ring-and-dots. The decoration of the fish tail end is comprised of lines making up crude chevrons. The clasp has 6 rivet holes (five at one end and a single one at the other) with two rivets still in plate. One rivet (the single one at the top) still hold part of the broken back plate in place (can be seen on the reverse of the book clasp).

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1450
Date to: Circa AD 1650

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 79 mm
Width: 38 mm
Thickness: 1 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 2005

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast

Spatial metadata

Region: North West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cumbria (County)
District: South Lakeland (District)
Parish or ward: Kendal (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SD5296
Four figure Latitude: 54.357256
Four figure longitude: -2.740099
1:25K map: SD5296
1:10K map: SD59NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

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Recording Institution: LANCUM
Created: 18 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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