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STRAP END
Unique ID: WAW-8B7F7C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval copper-alloy strap end: It has an elongated trapezoidal body which is mainly undecorated. In profile the strap end is split at the widest terminal. The two plates, at this split, have a small gap and is riveted together with a copper alloy rivet at either end. The narrow terminal is decorated with an upright projecting long necked animal head. The neck is rectangular in section with rounded corners, with three vertical ridges at the base on both side faces. The head is also rectangular with a notch for a mouth and three ridges across the top of the head depicting, possibly a mane. The surface of the strap end has a brown/green coloured patina. It measures 41.47mm long, 6.25mm wide, and 11.16mm tall, weighing 3.6g.
Two other almost identical strap ends have been recorded on the database, SWYOR-BA96E5 from Hillam, North Yorkshire and DENO-47F426 from Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire. Objects with similar styled terminals have been recorded on the PAS database, such as YORYM-20BBD9, YORYM-866A28, NMS-8E5AA0, WMID-F49B66, etc, No excavated examples of this style of object are currently known, but they are thought to date to the medieval period, c. 1200-1400 AD; see YORYM-20BBD9 for details.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 41.47 mm
Width: 6.25 mm
Thickness: 11.16 mm
Weight: 3.6 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2014 - Wednesday 7th May 2014
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Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Worcestershire (County)
District: Wychavon (District)
Parish or ward: Charlton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP0046
Four figure Latitude: 52.11232439
Four figure longitude: -2.00141466
1:25K map: SP0046
1:10K map: SP04NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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