Record ID: SUSS-D8A1A7
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, worn and corroded cast copper-alloy Medieval composite strap end with a sheet spacer. The strap end is rectangular in plan view, and flat in section, and terminates in a biconical square in plan knop with additional sheet detail with grooves. The body of the strap end is formed from three components: two rectangular sheet metal plates, with a fixed rectangular sheet spacer which occupies the entire width of the strap end. One of the sheets is complete with a notched terminus and circular perforation at the attachment end, whilst the other has broken at the end of the sp…
Created on: Wednesday 11th July 2012
Last updated: Friday 3rd August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Shoreham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-C8DC31
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Medieval strap end. The strap end is made up of two copper alloy sheets divided by a copper alloy spacer. The strap end is a sub-rectangle in plan with one terminal shaped '>' with a terminal at the apex on both outer plates. The opposite terminal, on both plates, has a central circular perforation as decoration and a rivet hole either side. The two sheets are held together by the one remaining copper alloy rivet. Between the two sheets there is a spacer which is a sub 'n' shape and the upper edge matches that of the outer plates. The strap end is undecorated. The…
Created on: Tuesday 10th July 2012
Last updated: Thursday 12th July 2012
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Record ID: DUR-AE0371
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy composite strap end dating to the Medieval period. The strap end consists of a rectangle which opens out into a circular panel with quatrafoil openwork decoration on one side. Attached to which is a spacer which is broadly rectangular in shape with rectangular protrusions at either side near the circular panel. This spacer terminates in a point. The metal is green in colour and the object weighs 13.5g and measures 51.68mm in length and 22.38mm at its widest point. See Egan, G. and Pritchard F. (1991) Dress Accesssories, 1150-1450, London: Museum of London:…
Created on: Monday 9th July 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 21st August 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-972803
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A forked spacer from a medieval cast copper alloy composite strapend. The terminal has three collars and a terminal knop.
Created on: Sunday 8th July 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 27th January 2021
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Record ID: SF-6EB2E6
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy possible strap end, extremely worn and incomplete. Roughly rectangular in shape with one narrer terminal, both terminals are rounded and both could be incomplete. Across the end of the narrower terminal tehre is a horizontal decorative groove. This strap end measures 32.41mm in length and 8.15mm in width. It could potentailly be early medieval in date.
Created on: Friday 6th July 2012
Last updated: Friday 6th July 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ufford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-6E9825
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete tinned copper-alloy Early-Medieval Carolingian strap end dating to the 8th or 9th centuries, the separate plate to hold the strap is missing. The strap-end is rectangular in plan and irregular in cross section. Two raised horizontal semi-circular ridges run along the width of the strap-end located at the very tip of the strap and and just before the three perforations. At the top of the strap end in a horizontal line parallel to a semi-circular ridge are three circular perforations which are filled with three iron rivets. Iron corrosion is visible on the front face and r…
Created on: Friday 6th July 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 26th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Knoyle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-453105
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Strap End. Two piece strap end for a narrow strap, comprising a tongue-shaped cast plate of thickness 1.3mm and a thinner sheet element of thickness 0.5mm; the two elements may be attached by a rivet of diameter 1.5mm at the pointed end. Suggested date: Medieval, 1270-1450. Length: 17.8mm, Width: 7.4mm, Thickness (overall): 2.0mm, Weight: 1.24gms.
Created on: Wednesday 4th July 2012
Last updated: Monday 13th August 2018
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Record ID: SF-2E6483
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy strap end of post Roman date. It is one side of a tongue shaped strap end which is d-shaped in section. It is undecorated and broken at the attachment end. It measures 27.72mm in length, 9.18mm in width, 2.67mm in thickness and weighs 1.67g.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd July 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd July 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Haughley', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-2E55D6
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy strap end of Early Medieval date. It is a tongue shaped strap end which is rectangular in section. The back is undecorated and ends in a constriction. The front face is very worn and is broken at the attachment end but it appears to have been decorated. It has been broken into two pieces.29.51 It measures 22.91mm in total length, 10.01mm in width, 2.33mm in thickness and weighs 1.69g.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd July 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd July 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Haughley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-F2C8C3
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval copper alloy Anglo Saxon strap end of Thomas Class B, type 1 style. The strap end is 36.5mm long and is square-ended and parallel sided (4.6mm wide, 3.6mm thick) for 24mm from the terminal end, at which point itflares to a wedge shape 8.6mm wide. It has fractured at the attachment end across the mid-point of the two circular rivet holes that would have held the strap in place. The last 5mm of the attachment end is split into two, parallel to the face of the strap end in order to accommodate the strap. The last 9mm of the terminal end shows remains of trans…
Created on: Saturday 30th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 24th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-F0CA03
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval copper-alloy zoomorphic, niello- inlaid strap end. The strap end is 45mm long and sub-lozengiform in plan with the attachment end truncated square to the main axis. Located towards the attachment end there is a pair of small circular rivet holes, each hole being positioned nearer the sides. One of the holes contains the remains of a copper-alloy rivet. For 10mm the attachment end is split into two, parallel to the face, in order to accommodate the strap which would have been held in place by the two rivets. The terminal, pointed-end of the strap end is thicker than t…
Created on: Saturday 30th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 24th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-DBEC32
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy strap end formed of sheet metal. Weight is 2.88g, length is 29.35mm, maximum width 13.41mm. The sheet metal is 0.53mm thick, the open end of the strap-end has a thickness of 3.35mm and the terminal end has a thickness of 1.15mm. The two shaped sheets of copper alloy are held together, originally with the strap between - now missing, by a single rivet of 1.60mm diameter. The rivet has a length of 3.35mm and is positioned just off-centre 2.08mm in from the edge at the open end of the strap-end. The strap end tapers gradually in width from 13.41mm to 10.12mm before ta…
Created on: Friday 29th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 19th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Kesteven Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-D9EBB2
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy tri-lobe shaped strap end dating from the Medieval period. The strap end is decorated with semi-circular relief decoration. At the top of the object are two snapped rectangular tabbed projections which may have had a bar-mount attached. Two circular rivets survive, but are not in line with one another. The object has a mid-green patina with areas of bronze copper alloy around the decoration. Similar examples can be found on p.157, Egan and Pritchard, (1991).
Created on: Friday 29th June 2012
Last updated: Friday 10th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Collingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-C66160
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy strap-end of Early Medieval date. All that remains is the terminal zoomorphic end due to old breaks. It is flat and sub-triangular in shape with straight sides that taper to form a stylised animal head. It consists of a pointed snout above which are sub-circular eyes defined by incised grooves and a central raised circle. Above the eyes is a flattened brow with oval shaped ears. It is too worn to be able to see if there is any decoration. It measures 19.28mm in length, 8.67mm in width, 2.50mm in thickness and weighs 1.55g.
Created on: Thursday 28th June 2012
Last updated: Sunday 23rd March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Haughley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-AF8398
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy spacer plate from a medieval composite strap-end with large acorn knop terminal. The front and back sheet plates are missing. The spacer section (above the collar) has a flat crescentic plate formed of two prongs. Both are rectangular in cross-section and taper slightly from the plate. The inner edge has not been filed down, especially at the centre. Also at the centre is a perforation for attachment, recessed on one side. Below the expanded sub-rectangular collar, which marks the point the plates would have ended, there is a waist and then the terminal expands int…
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 27th June 2012
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Record ID: NCL-AE66E2
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy strap end of Medieval date, c. 1150-1400. The strap end is incomplete, but what remains is rectangular in plan and section. Three perforations are arranged triangularly near the rear edge of the strap end. Two lines of small punched panels that have the appearance of cords may indicate a saltire decoration. The reverse face is undecorated, but the display face has been gilded. The strap end has been cut from a sheet of copper-alloy.
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 27th June 2012
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Record ID: NCL-AE5122
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy strap end of Medieval date, c. 1150-1400. The strap end is rectangular in plan and triangular in profile, with traces for a single rivet on both faces at the top of the split end. The terminal has a minor projection. There are surface traces of silvering or tinning.
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 27th June 2012
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Record ID: NCL-AE0241
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy nail-cleaner strap end of late Roman date, c. 350-410. The strap end is incomplete, missing the base/attachment form at the top of the object, but retains an oblong body extending to a tapered, notched terminal, identifying a nail-cleaner function. In section, the object is rectangular, though some minor bending has occurred along the tapered extension. The surface is decorated with punched rings down both edge lengths. Though wear has reduces the inscribed decoration on the face, it appears to consist of an undecorated circle, surrounded by four/five petalled fl…
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 27th June 2012
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Record ID: LVPL-ADA956
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy strap end dating to the Medieval period. The object is rectangular in plan and cross-section. It consists of a single sheet of copper alloy folded length ways and secured with a single rivet at the open end. The rivet is copper alloy and remains in-situ. A small fragment of possible leather remains between within the object. Each face of the object is undecorated. It has a mid-green patina. Similar examples of can be found in Egan and Pritchard, (1991), p131. The object can be dated to the 14th century.
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2012
Last updated: Friday 10th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Selby area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-9BA521
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy nail-cleaner strap-end, dating from the Late Roman period. The artefact would originally have resembled an amphora, but the split attachment end has been lost in antiquity, leaving only portions of the two bifurcated side loops. The body of the strap-end consists of an inverted drop-shaped plate, the basal point of which has been forked by the creation of a vertical groove. Approximately one third of the way down the upper surface there is an incised circle which reaches almost to the sides of the strap-end. Contained within this ring is a circumferential …
Created on: Tuesday 26th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Bedfordshire', grid reference and parish protected.