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Record ID: NARC2742
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
A small sub-triangular strap end which appears to have been cast in one and following which the wide end which is rounded has been split to form two plates, there is a single copper-alloy rivet in the centre at this end, the narrow end has been cast at approximately a 45 degree angle to the rest of the fitting, creating a profile reminiscent of a bird.
Created on: Wednesday 19th December 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF7625
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Strap fitting made from a piece of copper-alloy strip folded in half and secured at the attachment end with two copper-alloy rivets, both of which survive only as corrosion. The rivet holes on the reverse are broken. It measures 40 mm long by a maximum of 13.5 mm wide at the attachment edge on the upper plate, and tapers to 11 mm wide at the attachment edge on the under plate. Many of the edges are fragmentary, including the attachment edge and the folded edge, but there are some details of the broken edges which may give clues to the original shape. The upper plate has two rounded…
Created on: Monday 17th December 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'ARWARTON', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: YORYMB1269
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Simple folded strap plate with one rivet (missing).
Created on: Saturday 15th December 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: YORYMB1270
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Simple folded strap plate with one rivet.
Created on: Saturday 15th December 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF7608
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Hooked plate which would originally have been fixed to a scabbard strap and used to attach it to the sword belt. The plate is basically triangular, with a narrow indented base; it is convex in cross-section and there are two rivet holes (with iron corrosion) set longitudinally. Near to the apex is a transverse groove, and then the apex is extended and curved under to form an incomplete hook.
Created on: Friday 14th December 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'GREAT GLEMHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: KENT3996
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy strap end (type D), with straight shaft, expanding at rivet end. Two rivet holds. Seems to be zoomorphic, with oval 'eyes' near terminating end. Bent, just below rivet holes.
Created on: Thursday 13th December 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: KENT3997
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy strap end (type c), rougly oval shaped, with single rivet hole, flat at rivet end. Decorated with incised broken lines on outer edge.
Created on: Thursday 13th December 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NARC2739
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete scallop shell mount with no obvious method of attachment. The 'point' of the shell (as opposed to the fan) is broken, the shell is decorated with moulded rayed lines on the obverse. The reverse is slightly hollowed forming a shallow concavity.
Created on: Thursday 13th December 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC2740
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete scallop shell mount with inward curving spikes on the reverse as a of attachment, suggesting an early medieval date. The 'point' of the shell (as opposed to the fan) is expanded, and there are 3 moulded transverse ridges across this part of the object. There is some gilding left in the depressions caused by both the transverse moulding and the moulded rayed lines representing the shell. The reverse is flat and the object solid.
Created on: Thursday 13th December 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL1971
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy medieval belt loop (?). Trapezoidal frame with two internal projecting points.
Created on: Wednesday 12th December 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'CHESHIRE CHESTER CASTLE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL1972
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
Sheet copper alloy mount, cross-crosslet.
Created on: Wednesday 12th December 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'CHESHIRE CHESTER CASTLE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL1973
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
Belt mount, asymmetrical with two rivets. Length 27mm, width 15mm.
Created on: Wednesday 12th December 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'CHESHIRE CHESTER CASTLE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL1976
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Liverpool
Workflow stage: Published
Part of cast front plate of a copper alloy medieval strap end with knop which is partly split. Length 31mm, width 8mm. 14th century.
Created on: Wednesday 12th December 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SF7581
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy strap-slide, to hold the free end of a strap down. It has been ingeniously shaped with a wide shallow round-ended lower part, and a narrower deeper trapezoidal upper part. The strap is held firmly in the lower part and the upper part is deep enough to allow mounts on the free end of the strap to pass through it. The upper edge is decoratively shaped, with a possible stylised animal head at each end and a long oval lobe in between. It is rather corroded, but where the surface survives this is a shiny black. Similar items from London (Egan and Pritchard 1991, nos. 1254-…
Created on: Wednesday 12th December 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK WENHASTON WITH MELLS HAMLET', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF7586
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Circular mount, now incomplete, with enamelled decoration. The mount was originally about 17 mm in diameter; it is now rather irregular, although this may be due to wear. There is a sunken dot in the centre with a sunken ring around. The sunken dot contains dark shiny enamel (possibly dark red) and the ring contains a brighter red dull enamel with two surviving inlaid white dots. On the reverse is a large integral rivet with circular rove. Just under half of the mount is missing.
Created on: Wednesday 12th December 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK WENHASTON WITH MELLS HAMLET', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF7587
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Strap-slide consisting of a flat plate with a rectangular loop on the reverse. The plate is highly polished and has a nice grey-green patina. It may have been circular or oval originally, but only a very small fraction of the edge can confidently be said to be original. The current dimensions are 17.5 x 14.5 mm. The loop, although made from a chunky piece of circular-section copper-alloy rod, is rather small, measuring just 9 x 3 mm internally. There is an odd blob projecting from the outer edge of the centre of the loop which might be a casting flash. A somewhat similar object is…
Created on: Wednesday 12th December 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK WENHASTON WITH MELLS HAMLET', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF7573
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Square mount, each side 19 mm long. It has a narrow ridge across the centre, dividing it into two halves each of which is a long low semi-cylinder. At each end the semi-cylinders are closed by a vertical edge. In the centre of the reverse is an integral tapering rivet, which instead of the large integral rove commonly found on this type of mount merely has a burred-over end. The total thickness from the front to the back of the rivet is 10 mm. Probably a military fitting.
Created on: Tuesday 11th December 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK WENHASTON WITH MELLS HAMLET', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF7558
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
'Propeller-shaped' mount, now bent and with a little missing. The central circular lobe is 17 mm in diameter, and has a central dot surrounded by two engraved rings. The curved edges are decorated with edge nicks. There are two flaring terminal lobes, each pierced for a rivet; one is complete and undecorated, and has bevelled edges, but the other has lost most of its edges. The central lobe and the incomplete terminal lobe are a little bent. This type of mount was used to stiffen a large belt which was probably a marker of status in the Roman army. It measures 31 mm long in its b…
Created on: Monday 10th December 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK HEMINGSTONE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF7562
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Small copper-alloy mount, basically triangular with a small square lobe in the centre of the base and a low swelling at the apex. The sides are slightly concave giving an effect rather like a space rocket or a Christmas tree. On the reverse are the stubs from two bent-over attachment spikes. The mount has corroded to a matt pale green.
Created on: Monday 10th December 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WESTERFIELD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF7563
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy mount, probably from a sword harness. It has a pointed-oval plate, with a longitudinal groove running between the points. There are shallow oblique grooves to either side (a little like the veins of a leaf) and a border groove. The central groove is interrupted by two rivet holes. At one end there are projections to either side and then a long extension, now bent, which was probably originally a hook. The surviving unbent length is c. 45 mm, the width of the plate 14 mm. The break is old and worn.
Created on: Monday 10th December 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WESTERFIELD', grid reference and parish protected.