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STRAP END
Unique ID: GLO-3F4486
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Cast copper alloy strap end length 31mm, width 8mm, thickness 4mm, weight 3.23g. Highly stylised animal head terminal, narrowed neck leading onto the main body which gently expands towards the terminal. The main body has a low camber with six chevrons running down its length. There are two copper alloy rivets, one at the front of the main body and one to the rear, these hold a copper alloy plate on the underside.
This type of strap end is mainly found in the southern and south-eastern part of the country and date to the late 8th-11th century (Thomas, 2003, 4).
Thomas G, 2003, Late Anglo-Saxon &Viking Age Strap Ends 750-1100: Part 1, Finds Research Group Datasheet 32
Class: Thomas Class I (probably)
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 750
Date to: AD 1000
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 31 mm
Width: 8 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 3.23 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st August 2009 - Sunday 1st November 2009
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2860
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Gloucestershire (County)
District: Cotswold (District)
To be known as: Coberley
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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