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SWORD BELT
Unique ID: NMS-74B946
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete post-medieval copper alloy hooked sword belt mount with two iron-filled rivet holes. The tip of the hook is missing. An early 17th-century type (Scott, I. in Biddle et al. 2001, 205, fig. 5.6. no. 159). As Margeson 1993, nos. 257-8 and de Reuck 1991, 41, right-hand row, seventh and eight from top. Extant length / height 27.5mm. Width 12mm. c.1600 - c.1650.
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 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 27.5 mm
Width: 12 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 16th April 2019 - Monday 17th June 2019
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 63310
Other reference: NMD062019
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: North Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Hindringham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF9936
Four figure Latitude: 52.88462593
Four figure longitude: 0.9562109
1:25K map: TF9936
1:10K map: TF93NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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