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STRAP END

Unique ID: WILT-C53F16

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An incomplete copper alloy early-medieval strap end dating to the period c. AD 750 - 1100. The strap end can be classed as a Thomas Class B and exhibits a split end terminal with probably two sets of two circular perforations, but both plates are incomplete, with early breaks around the rivet holes. Below the plates is a long tapering stem (circular in cross section), 42.39mm in length, with a zoomorphic head at the far end and indistinct incised patterning down the front of the stem, perhaps cross-hatched grooves. The reverse is undecorated.

It is 55.76mm in length, 18.49mm in width across the terminal. The stem narrows a little, is circular in cross section, 12.07mm in diameter at its widest, 10.18mm in doameter above the zoomorphic head. It weighs 10.78grams.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 750
Date to: Circa AD 1100

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 55.76 mm
Width: 18.49 mm
Weight: 10.78 g

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: SSWM 4632

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Aldbourne (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU2178
Four figure Latitude: 51.50055111
Four figure longitude: -1.69885888
1:25K map: SU2178
1:10K map: SU27NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

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Created: 8 years ago
Updated: 8 years ago

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