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STRAP END
Unique ID: GLO-8C25F2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Cast copper alloy strap end length 22mm, width 8.5mm, thickness 4mm, (9mm including rivet) weight 2.99g. Highly stylised animal head terminal, narrowed snout the slightly expands at the tip. The only other detail on the head are large oval convex eyes. The neck is narrowed with a collar separating the head from the main plate. The main plate is plain with two rivet holes at the attachment end, where there is a double notch terminal at the terminal. One the reverse, protruding outwards directly below the head is an integral rivet, this has a circular cross section (2mm diameter) and a rectangular plate at the end (5mm x 3.5mm)
9th-10th century
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Post AD 800
Date to: Ante AD 1000
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 22 mm
Width: 8.5 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 2.99 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st June 2010 - Saturday 30th April 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 4324
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Gloucestershire (County)
District: Tewkesbury (District)
To be known as: North Gloucestershire
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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