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Description: | A fragment of a later Medieval copper-alloy forked spacer with decorative acorn-like terminal. This forked spacer would have been one part of a composite strap-end of the type shown in Griffiths, D., Philpott. R. and Egan, G., 2007 Meols: The Archaeology of the North West Wirral Coast Oxford : Oxford University School of Archaeology, pp.134-136, pl.23, nos.1559-1560.This fragment weighs 2.09g. The acorn terminal has a maximum width of 6.8mm, thickness of 3.7mm and length of 9.5mm. The spacer mirrors what would have been the original shape of the strap-end's roundel form, the rectangular cross-section curving out and away from the acorn terminal. The spacer has a thickness of 1.8mm, the frame having a width of 4.8mm. The frame of the spacer has an incomplete width of 18.4mm and incomplete length of 11.3mm. This fragment has an incomplete total length of 20.3mm when including the decorative terminal and frame.The spacer would have been sandwiched between an upper and lower plate that would have been held together by rivets.
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