Record ID: NCL-D60C81 - EARLY MEDIEVAL strap end

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STRAP END

Unique ID: NCL-D60C81

A cast copper-alloy strap end of the 9th-10th century.

The strap end fits Thomas' class A type 2 strap end, with a split end, tapering plate, and zoomorphic terminal, with patterned decoration. This example is very worn, with details of the zoomorphic terminal missing, and the split end incomplete, though still a recognizably split end. The patterned decoration is also worn, but consists of two or three distinct areas of decoration on the body. Near the terminal, a linear depression in the centre is flanked by five or six short transverse depressions. Above this is a second decorated area that may be the same as the split panels closer to the split end of the strap end, but it is uncertain due to wear and corrosion.

The reverse is undecorated.

Class: Thomas class A2

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 800
Date to: Circa AD 1000

Dimensions and weight

Length: 32.94 mm
Width: 12.43 mm
Thickness: 1.51 mm
Weight: 2.3 g
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: North East
County: Northumberland
District: Castle Morpeth
Parish: Ulgham

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: NZ2492
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: From finder
Grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st August 2010 - Sunday 31st October 2010

Personal details

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Recorded by: Dr Robert Collins - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Dr Robert Collins - [view all attributed records]

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