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STRAP END
Unique ID: BERK-28A953
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy strap end, dating to the 9th Century AD. The strap end is in Thomas Class A Type 1, being broadly rectangular with slowly tapering ends, especially at the 'snout' end. The strap end is divided into three areas; the 'snout', zoomorphic in design with pronounced ears, a central panel of an interlaced beast in Trewhiddle style with degrading niello, and the 'tail' end that has two circular rivet holes and a split in the copper sheeting for the insertion of and the attachment to a leather strap. The reverse is plain and undecorated. The strap end survives in very good condition.
Class: Thomas Class A, Type 1
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 800
Date to: Circa AD 900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 36.4 mm
Width: 12.99 mm
Thickness: 2.76 mm
Weight: 4.6 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 2011 - Wednesday 17th August 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2011.363
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Aldworth (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU5579
Four figure Latitude: 51.507263
Four figure longitude: -1.208922
1:25K map: SU5579
1:10K map: SU57NE
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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