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STRAP END
Unique ID: GLO-74586A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
~~This is a 9th century copper alloy strap end that has an animal facemask on the forward edge. There is a slot at the rear edge whereby the strap would be inserted and riveted into place; there are two copper alloy rivets are still in place. The design on the main plate is a geometric style of two opposing arches that converge in the centre forming a double saltire. Each arch is made from a double parallel line that is interspersed with short transverse lines creating a series of small squares. The sections either side of the arches and at either end are infilled with a series of lines forming a weave pattern. This is a Thomas class A, type 1 strap end which dates it from the late 9th- 10th century.
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
Date from: Circa AD 775
Date to: Circa AD 900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 27 mm
Width: 8 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 2.28 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st February 2018 - Tuesday 1st May 2018
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Gloucestershire (County)
District: Forest of Dean (District)
Parish or ward: Dymock (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO6931
Four figure Latitude: 51.97659387
Four figure longitude: -2.45272442
1:25K map: SO6931
1:10K map: SO63SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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