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Description: | An incomplete sheet copper alloy hinge strap (probably) of Medieval date (c. AD 1200 - c. AD 1500). Length 48.1mm, width 17.8mm and 1.3mm thick. Weight 7.10g.
The thick flat plate has parallel sides. However, at one end an integral sub-circular element, having a maximum diameter of about 13.0mm, terminates with a small knop. The opposite end terminates in an old transverse break. Except for a 12.0mm length along one of the sides, the parallel sides at the front have been bevelled by filing and the file marks are clearly visible. The plate has two circular perforations for rivets or spikes that are about 3.5mm in diameter. One is situated at the centre of the sub-circular element and the other is in the parallel sided part. Both perforations, including the knop, are on the longitudinal centre-line.
The rear face is flat and plain and the edges of the two perforations are burred, indicating that the holes were punched through from the front.
The object, although incomplete, is in good condition. The front has a shiny mid-green patina with barely visible traces of gilding. The rear face has a similar patina which is dull.
Compare with a hinge strap from Ryther Cum Ossendyke Parish, North Yorkshire. See Portable Antiquities Scheme find: NLM-CCC154. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1200
1500 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Frank Basford | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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