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Description: | 1: A copper-alloy sword belt fitting consisting of a plate with a hook with a copper-alloy ring hanging from it. The plate is roughly rectangular in shape measuring 32mm in length and 13mm in width, it tapers towards the open hook and has a V-shaped notch at the edge of the other end. There are two parallel holes through the plate, one at each end. The ring hanging from the hook measures 12mm in external diameter and 7mm in internal diameter. 2: A copper-alloy sword belt fitting with an open hook projecting from one end of the plate. The plate is roughly rectangular in shape, tapering towards the hook and with a V-shaped notch at the other edge of the other end. It measures 32mm in length and 12mm in width. There are two in situ corroded iron rivets through the centre of the plate. Both of these sword belt fittings are post medieval and c16th or 17th century in date. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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