Record ID: DENO-EEBBD4
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but very worn copper-alloy S-shaped strap fitting or fastener of Post Medieval to Modern date. The S-shaped fastening has terminals which both have matching zoomorphic forms, possibly intended to be the heads of either snakes or dragons. At the centre of the object, dividing the necks of the two animal heads, is a raised moulded band of decoration. This band consists of a ring of four circular discs with a groove to the top and bottom. The earliest snake-form fasteners appear on portraits of the early post-Medieval period, often in association with sword-belts. Af…
Created on: Saturday 18th February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 2nd September 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Goltho Area', grid reference and parish protected.