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CLASP
Unique ID: SUR-7935CA
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A post medieval copper alloy blunt hooked clasp of Read Class G, Type 1, comprising two sub-rectangular plates, 34.1mm in length which are held together by a pair of in-situ rivets, one at either end. Towards the narrower end of the plates are a pair of holes. The plates are abraded and apparently undecorated; the hook attachment has been lost from the narrower end of the clasp.
Notes:
As Read (2005), p188 number 706.
Class: Read Class G, Type 1
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 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 34.1 mm
Width: 22.3 mm
Thickness: 3.1 mm
Weight: 5.45 g
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Surrey (County)
District: Tandridge (District)
Parish or ward: Bletchingley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ3252
Four figure Latitude: 51.25189927
Four figure longitude: -0.10994821
1:25K map: TQ3252
1:10K map: TQ35SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read, B. | 2008 | Hooked-Clasps and Eyes | Langport | Portcullis Publishing |
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