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STRAP END

Unique ID: WMID-4B3294

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Cast copper-alloy strap-end. Early Medieval (c.8th-10th C). Mass: 2.7g; length: 41.0 mm; width: 9.5 mm; thickness of plate at the centre: 1.7mm. The strap-end has an incomplete split end at the top, a convex-sided plate and a zoomorphic terminal. The front of the plate is decorated with a simple design, which is now rather unclear due to corrosion, although there is a semi-circle at the top. This is a Thomas Class A strap-end (see Late Anglo-Saxon and Viking-Age Strap Ends 750-1100, Part I, 2003, p.2). Thomas comments that the chronological limits of the class probably lie either side of the 9th century - an 8th century origin has been proposed on more than one occasion and there is mounting evidence for their continued production and circulation well into the 10th century in the north of the country.

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 700
Date to: AD 1000

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 41 mm
Width: 9.5 mm
Thickness: 1.7 mm
Weight: 2.7 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st July 2009

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: West Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Warwickshire (County)
District: Stratford-on-Avon (District)
To be known as: Newbold Pacey

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Thomas, G.	2003	Late Anglo-Saxon and Viking-age Strap-Ends 750-1100: Part I	Lincolnshire	Finds Research Group AD 700-1700.	2

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