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STRAP END
Unique ID: FAKL-743D5A
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
Medieval, cast copper alloy strap end with a ball, or globular shaped terminal on which are five, spike-like projections (four lateral, one at the end). On the other side of the ball are the truncated remains of a 7.2mm wide, bifurcated, attachment plate, Between this and the ball is a transvers moulding. Length 22.2mm, Diameter 10.9mm, Mass 6.42g.
This 'spiked' strap end may be compared to an example from Langford, Notts. DENO-429256 which was similarly undated. The dating of these strapends is difficult as none have been found in a useful context but a related strap end, from Upton Scudamore, Wiltshire, terminates in a Romanesque animal head, suggesting a date in second half of the 11th or the 12th cent. (WILT-8F33A4). A date range for these strap ends of c. 1050 - 1400 seems likely.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1050
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 22.2 mm
Weight: 6.42 g
Diameter: 10.9 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: ELL 369
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Elloughton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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