Record ID: NMS-DC20FC
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Late Anglo-Saxon strap-end, perhaps re-purposed into an object of uncertain function. The wider end has been cut straight across and filed down to produce a smoothly rounded edge. Small areas of the edge are missing around the base,but the object is otherwise complete. It is described with the straight edge held uppermost. A narrow reserved strip runs across the wide straight edge; the rest of the front is covered with engraving around symmetrical plant decoration in counter-relief. The effect is that of a flower, with a stem which springs from a rosette of simple p…
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2019
Last updated: Monday 19th July 2021
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Record ID: NMS-1F8161
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Middle to Late Saxon silver strap-end. Broadly rectangular in form, the split end has a scalloped edge with two rivet holes housing silver rivets with roved-over ends. The central panel is divided into two by a longitudinal beaded ridge. On either side is an asymmetrical recessed field and a teardrop-shaped field, possibly intended to depict a wing, which tapers to meet a roundel around each rivet hole. Each wing has a central recessed field with reserved zoomorphic decoration comprising a serpentine animal with rounded, double-nicked body and interlaced tail. The st…
Created on: Monday 1st April 2019
Last updated: Thursday 22nd April 2021
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Record ID: NMS-9AF759
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Late Saxon - medieval probable strap end dating to the period c. AD 900 - 1100. Only a small fragment survives, with heavily worn transverse breaks on both sides. The asymmetrical relief decoration, present on the front face only, shows foliage inhabited by (part of) a stylised animal within a frame of short transverse grooves on the sides and of oblique grooves in a cable pattern across the edge. Over all is a series of randomly applied punched annulets. Probably of Thomas Class E, Type uncertain. Similar in form to NMS-E11836 & NMS-570BDA.
Created on: Tuesday 5th February 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 18th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Langham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-EAF3A5
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Late Saxon to medieval copper alloy tongue-shaped strap end of Thomas Class E, Type 1, dating to the period c. AD 850 - 1100. The attachment end exhibits three rivet holes, one cut across by an old break at one corner. The front of the plate is decorated in high relief with Winchester-style foliate decoration surrounding a central motif, possibly an animal head or mask.
Created on: Friday 16th November 2018
Last updated: Friday 19th February 2021
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Record ID: NMS-55FBD7
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A cast gilded silver strap-end dating to the early medieval period. The strap-end is tongue-shaped with a rounded terminal and a rectangular, flat attachment end perforated with four rivet holes, the left-most of which (as pictured) is open at the edge, perhaps made to close to the edge in error. The upper surface is slightly convex in form and decorated with foliate design cast in relief. The design comprises a central diagonal cross with slightly flared terminals, and a leaf with five to seven foils in each angle. The centre of each leaf is recessed and the tips of the …
Created on: Friday 9th November 2018
Last updated: Monday 27th April 2020
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Record ID: NMS-22D7C9
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Late Saxon copper alloy strap end of Thomas' Class A5 dating to the period c. AD 750 - 1000. The split end is incomplete due to old breaks. The plate is rectangular with a slightly tapering profile; the front exhibits a raised, incomplete panel of black niello with traces of a series of spiral grooves, possibly orginally inlaid with silver wire, although no visible trace of this survives. The strap end terminates in a moulded trapezoidal zoomorphic head which exhibits long ears, each with a circular recess at the top and a lenticular recess below, two circular recesses for …
Created on: Monday 1st October 2018
Last updated: Monday 1st October 2018
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Record ID: NMS-9304A8
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Late Saxon copper alloy tongue-shaped openwork strap end dating to the period c. AD 900 - 1100. The fragment comprises the tip of the strap end with five apertures truncated by the transverse break. Ten apertures remain intact. Counter-relief decoration is confined to the front face. Thomas 2004 Class E, Type 1.
Created on: Friday 31st August 2018
Last updated: Friday 29th May 2020
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Record ID: NMS-51F88A
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Late Saxon copper alloy strap end of Thomas (2004) Class E Type 1 dating to the period c. AD 1000 - 1100. It comprises an openwork tongue-shaped plate with a split attachment end at the top, terminating in an old break. The edges of two rivet holes are visible along the edge of the break, one at each corner. The plate comprises Winchester style openwork decoration in the form of a series of symmetrical fronds, emanating from a central stem which twist along the edges of the plate and end in inward curving lobed terminals, terminating in a series of heavily worn breaks. …
Created on: Tuesday 28th August 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 28th August 2018
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Record ID: NMS-51E930
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon copper alloy strap end of Thomas (2004) Class E Type 1 dating to the period c. AD 1000 - 1100. It comprises an openwork tongue-shaped plate with attachment plate at the top separated from the plate by a transverse ridge punched with a series of dots. The attachment plate exhibits two rivet holes. The plate comprises Winchester style openwork decoration in the form of a series of symmetrical fronds, emanating from a central stem which twist along the edges of the plate and end in inward curving lobed terminals. The central stem is divided into two by a longitudinal groove. …
Created on: Tuesday 28th August 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 20th May 2020
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Record ID: NMS-EC38CC
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Middle - Late Saxon strap end of Thomas' (2003) Class A, Type 1, dating to the period c. AD 750 - 950. The split end exhibits a transverse break and is missing the rivet holes. The front of the plate is decorated with a quartered lozenge followed by a zoomorphic panel depicting a quardruped advancing right, the head turned to the left, bordered on each short edge by a row of pellets. The terminal is in the form of a zoomorphic head with long eachs and a pointed snout. See: Thomas, G, 2003, p. 2 - 3, fig. 1.1.
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 16th July 2020
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Record ID: NMS-FEAFE4
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Late Saxon copper alloy strap end of Thomas (2004) Class E Type 1 dating to the period c. AD 1000 - 1100. Incomplete openwork plate with moulded Winchester style decoration on one face consisting of a central stem with curling tendrils on either side and four circular apertures, two of which sit along the line of an old break. See: Thomas, G, 2004, p. 2 - 3.
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 14th March 2018
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Record ID: NMS-9B4944
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Middle - Late Saxon copper alloy strap end of Thomas Class A dating to the period c. AD 750 - 900. It commences in an old break just above the zoomorphic terminal consisiting of an animal's head with elongated teardrop-shaped ears. The snout is missing due to an old break. See: Thomas, 2003, p. 2 - 3.
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2018
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Record ID: NMS-9C53A4
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Late Saxon copper alloy tongue-shaped strap end of Thomas Class E Type 1 dating to the period c. AD 1000 - 1100. The strap end exhibits a split end with slightly recessed strap bar, the front plate of which is now missing. A rivet hole is visible at the edge of a break. The rivets are missing. The split end is separated from the body by a horizontal ridge. The body exhibits Winchester style openwork decoration in the form of a series of simplified leaves which branch from a central stem and twist along the edges of the plate, terminating in a pointed knop. This style of dec…
Created on: Thursday 25th January 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 27th January 2021
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Record ID: NMS-73C829
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Late Saxon copper alloy strap-end of unusual form: flat-sectioned tongue-shaped openwork plate, irregular transverse break across three vertical perforations and two smaller circular flanking perforations near mid-point, lower end missing. There are three further sub-rectangular vertical perforations above the break point. Bordering lines of stamped annulets run around the outside edge and between perforations. A ridged collar forms the junction between the plate and the attachment end and is also decorated with a row of punched annulets. The attachment end is rectangular,…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd January 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 27th January 2021
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Record ID: NMS-A7C2B7
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon strap end of Thomas (2003) Class B, Type 1 dating to the period c. AD 750 - 1100. It exhibits a wedge shaped split end with a single iron rivet. The shaft tapers into a moulded zoomorphic consisting of a stylised animal head with rounded ears, each drilled with a blind hole and oval eyes moulded in relief. Unusually, this does not form the terminal, rather the muzzle then tapers in width and thickness into a rectangular projection. This may have been a casting fault. See: Thomas, G, 2003, p. 4.
Created on: Tuesday 26th September 2017
Last updated: Friday 11th September 2020
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Record ID: NMS-A3394A
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Late Saxon copper alloy strap end of Thomas (2003) Class B, Type 1, dating to the period c. AD 750 - 1100. The split end exhibits a transverse break across the single rivet hole. It tapers to the rounded terminal and exhibits a series of five moulded transverse ridges. The terminal does not appear to be zoomorphic, however, it is heavily owrn, so this cannot be ruled out. See: Thomas, G, 2003, p. 4 - 5, fig. 2.13.
Created on: Tuesday 26th September 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 26th September 2017
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Record ID: NMS-DAD01C
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Late Saxon copper alloy strap end, probably of Thomas Class E, Type 1. Only the tip now survives. It exhibits a rounded terminal with two circular perforations, above which are two addorsed plant scrolls. It terminates in a worn break.
Created on: Friday 10th February 2017
Last updated: Thursday 7th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beeston with Bittering', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-1772C7
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment from a Late Saxon to medieval strap end of Thomas Class E Type 1 dating to the period c. AD 1000 - 1100. It exhibits Winchester style openwork decoration in the form of a series of simplified leaves which branch from a central stem and twist outwards. All edges terminate in worn breaks. This style of decoration derives from the "inhabited plant-scroll" motif seen in contemporary illuminated manuscripts. See: Thomas, G, 2004, p. 3, nos. 22 - 24. Similar examples on the database include: YORYM-B063A8, NMS-53C1A2 &NMS-C49558.
Created on: Friday 2nd December 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 14th March 2018
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Record ID: NMS-C4ACDB
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: An incomplete silver strap-end of late Anglo-Saxon date. The remains comprise a small portion of the body and the zoomorphic terminal, with a worn break at the top. The upper surface is decorated with an engraved rectangular border around a central panel containing a Trewhiddle-style design, not enough of which is present to determine whether the motif is foliate or zoomorphic. The terminal is in the form of an animal's head with a blunt snout, pointed-oval eyes and rounded ears. Traces of a degraded off-white material are visible within the engraved lines and may be degr…
Created on: Monday 28th November 2016
Last updated: Monday 12th October 2020
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Record ID: NMS-F35550
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: Fragment of silver sheet, of unidentified function. The fragment is expanded in the centre and tapers to a worn transverse old break at either end. On one side there is an engraved line border along each long edge. There are additional marks in the centre but the object's worn appearance makes it difficult to determine whether these are due to damage or are the degraded remains of a punched design. The other side appears to be undecorated, but is again, heavily worn. Discussion: It is not possible to identify the fragment with certainty. Its size and form superficial…
Created on: Tuesday 25th October 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barnham Broom', grid reference and parish protected.