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Description: | An incomplete post-Medieval cast copper-alloy strap fitting (1600-1700 AD).This one-piece fitting is moulded at the front and mainly concave at the rear. It has a large blunt hook with a circular loop at the opposite end. In plan, the central area is sub-oval and has a sub-rectangular panel at each end. One panel has two horizontal parallel grooves. Beyond this panel a long integral hook with a blunt end curves rearwards through 180° and makes contact with rear of the sub-oval part. The hook is convex at the front and flat at the rear. The other panel has a single horizontal groove beyond which there is part of an integral ring.The metal is a dull reddish brown with traces of a dark green patina. The two breaks are abraded.44.2 x 14.7 x 9.8mm. Weight: 7.46g.A similar fitting has been recorded from Boxgrove Parish, West Sussex. See Portable Antiquities Scheme find: SUSS-E91EF7.Another similar fitting has been published and dated (Read 2008: 232, ref: 829).
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