Record ID: SF-99D672
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy strap fitting  of Iron Age or Roman date, roughly circular in shape, with a d-shaped cross section. The surfaces are slightly pitted and abraded; and shows sign of wear on the interior edge, potentially from an attachment to a larger piece. It is 20.55mm in width, 17.47mm in length and weighs 10.78g. Larger examples of copper alloy strap fittings like this are  sometimes identified as beads or rings or scabbard suspension fittings (i.e. BH-11AEC2 WILT-04E485, SUR-A477DB)
Created on: Thursday 7th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 7th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Roxwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-8E0685
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy possible swivel fitting. It comprises an oval frame, wide and double-ridged at the top, tapering to the underside where there is the stub of an integral rivet or projection.  Date: Possibly Iron Age Width: 10.00 mm Thickness: 4.78 mm Weight: 6.51 g  
Created on: Monday 6th November 2023
Last updated: Sunday 31st December 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-CF1B45
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete enamelled copper-alloy late Iron Age to early Roman strap fitting/harness fitting or baldric. The object consist of a penannular loop with a U-shaped section joining the gap. The loop is oval in shape and D-shaped in cross-section with a rounded outer edge and flattened inner edge. It is pierced with a small oval hole through the centre of its upper edge. It has a small gap in the centre of one of the longer sides and a short arm of the same width as the hoop projects downwards to either side. Each arm is C-shaped in cross-section with a concave inner sur…
Created on: Monday 16th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Grundisburgh', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-369CD8
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy strap fitting or loop of Iron Age date. It is circular in plan and D-shaped in section with a large central aperture that is slightly offset towards one side of the loop. The side of the loop that the aperture is closest to is presumably the base and is narrower than the opposite, outer, edge. The exterior surfaces of the object have moulded decoration. This comprises curvilinear motifs that run in opposing pairs from the outer to the inner surface. It has a dark grey-brown patina. Diameter 19.80mm; thickness 5.74mm; internal aperture diameter 7.94mm; weight 8.23g …
Created on: Monday 21st August 2023
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2024
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NLM-0EBD4B
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy strap fitting. Strap union, figure-of-eight-shaped front panel with ring-dot, two loops at the back. Suggested date: Late Iron Age to Early Roman, 100BC-AD100 Length: 22.4mm, Width: 9.4mm, Thickness (?): 12.6mm, Weight: 2.85gms
Created on: Wednesday 26th July 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 26th July 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-C102FF
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy object, 37.7mm in length, possibly an Iron Age or early Romano British strap fitting or belt/strap slide. The object has a convex plate, which is ridged and facetted and which expands slightly towards one end. There are triangular projections at either end; the one at the wider end is more clearly defined. The object is possibly unfinished or mis-cast, as suggested by the crude finish and unclear form. The reverse is concave with an integrally cast loop, broadly trapezoidal in shape.
Created on: Wednesday 28th June 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 28th June 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-234547
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy late Iron Age to Roman zoomorphic strap or harness fitting. It is composed of two adjoining sections - a circular loop and a zoomorphic terminal that projects to one side. The loop is circular in cross-section and is 20mm in external diameter and 9.96mm thick. The zoomorphic terminal is shaped like an animal's head with a wide face and protruding, upwards-pointing snout. A beaded raised line runs longitudinally down each side of the face, meeting under the chin and developing into eyebrows at the upper end. Below these the eyes are formed from…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd May 2023
Last updated: Monday 6th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kennett', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-D39436
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy strap fitting (possiby a strap distributor or strap junction) of Iron Age date. The object has a sub rectangular frame, open at the centre and composed of incurved bars which have a circular cross section of 4.7mm in diameter. At each apex is a mushroom-headed knob with diameters varying between 12.1mm and 12.6mm. Each has a fine decorative rim around the inner edge.
Created on: Monday 17th April 2023
Last updated: Friday 21st April 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-928921
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast, copper alloy strap slider, dating to the late Iron Age or Romano-British period (c. 100 BC - AD 100). The slider is in the form of a pointed oval, the decoration comprised of concentric circular grooves creating an eye motif. The outer ring was coated with red enamel and the centre with blue enamel; traces of the enamel survive. The surface has a mottled green patina, but there are areas of smooth, glossy surface suggesting plating or surface enrichments. On the back of the slider is an integral square sectioned rectangular loop measuring 27.6 mm by 10.…
Created on: Friday 14th April 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 10th January 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-E9158D
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy strap mount dating to the Late Iron Age, c.50 BC - AD 100. The openwork mount comprises a fragment of frame, C-shaped in plan and D-shaped in section, with a stud projecting forward from the face and a rectangular loop and an integrally cast sharp pointed conical spike on the reverse of the mount. Both ends of the C-shaped fragment are marked by worn breaks. The front of the frame fragment is decorated with a single parallel incised line extending across the exterior edge and a small band of pellets around th…
Created on: Thursday 6th April 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 19th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC-F19B68
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy Strap Fitting, Strap-Union or Belt-Link dating of late Iron Age to early Roman date (200 BC - AD 200). The object is composed of a central plate, composed of two conjoined discs, forming an 8 shaped design. The object is D shaped in section with the back of the central plate being flat and the front convex. Each of the plate has an identical moulded design consisting of three concentric, stepped rings with the innermost being concave. Flanking the central plate are bars, attached to the plates via small circular lugs, set at 90 degrees to the…
Created on: Monday 13th March 2023
Last updated: Friday 17th March 2023
No spatial data available.

Record ID: SUR-F08CCB
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and heavily corroded and abraded copper alloy object, possibly part of an Iron Age or Romano British strap fitting. The object is convex in cross section and slightly curved, with two rounded lobes separated by a ridged band and with indications of other, now illegible decorative details at either end. The underside is hollow and infilled with rusted iron; there is a band of retained copper alloy across the centre, separating two areas of rusted iron. This may be a mounting fixture.
Created on: Monday 13th March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 14th March 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-CD62BA
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete castl copper alloy late Iron Age to early Roman strap union dating c. 100 BC-AD 100. The object comprises an openwork moulded plate comprising a figure of eight arrangement formed from a pair of conjoined plano-convex circles with a D-shaped cross section. Both have circular apertures which are placed slightly off centre towards each other. The strap bars connecting the circles are missing from the object, although two of the lugs of one strap bar remains, comprising a pair of opposing flat oval projections (5.5mm high) set at 90°'s …
Created on: Monday 27th February 2023
Last updated: Thursday 11th May 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-376485
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy and enamelled object, probably a strap fitting, probably of later Iron Age date. The fitting comprises a quatre-lobed plate with attached stud. The plate is flat. Each lobe has a circular perforation through the centre. Two of these have circular-sectioned copper-alloy rivets with flattened heads through them. The rivets are unattached on the opposite side. The remaining two rivet holes are vacant. The surface of the plate is very worn but there are the remains of bevelled concentric decoration on one lobe and the faint indication of the same motif on th…
Created on: Monday 20th February 2023
Last updated: Monday 6th March 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-BCB14D
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy enamelled strap fitting of late Iron Age to Roman date, c. AD 40-80. The strap fitting is oval with a D-shaped section and a chequerboard design on the upper surface. The resulting cells are infilled with alternating red and yellow enamel. The reverse of the fitting includes two projections with centrally facing worn terminals which may be the remains of a loop. Between these two projections is a rectangular hollow. The metal has a dark green patina with light brown areas on the fitting reverse. The fitting is 20.54mm in length, 15.79mm in width, …
Created on: Thursday 2nd February 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 19th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-7A3AB7
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Bradford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy sub-circular ring, probably a strap fastener of probably late Iron Age to Roman date, AD 25 - 75. The ring is circular in cross-section but is exceedingly worn on one side. In one place, the hoop is thicker and there is a distinct swelling. This is probably the remains of a projecting stud that would have projected on one face. The fastener has a well-developed glossy light brown patina. The diameter is 36.2mm (external) and 12.5mm (internal), the thickness is 10.6mm, and the weight is 17.9g. Similar fittings, described sometimes as harness fittings or baldric…
Created on: Monday 30th January 2023
Last updated: Friday 3rd February 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-674F3D
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Iron Age copper-alloy strap fitting dating to circa 1000 BC-AD 150. It is square shaped in plan with a plano-convex frame. At each corner on the rounded face of the frame are moulded rounded projections. Each projecting is decorated with incised grooves radiating from the centre giving the impression of a floral design. The object is consistent with having a function as a strap union/junction, similar to examples recorded on the database including BUC-6D8ACD and SOM-06AC71. In both of these cases, broad 1st millennium BC dates are offered, from the Late Bronze Age…
Created on: Tuesday 17th January 2023
Last updated: Thursday 30th March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Stowupland', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-5994BB
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy strap fitting, possibly a miniature terret, of Iron Age to Roman date (c.300 BC-AD 100). Description: The object is annular, with a circular inside edge and moulded outside edge. The mouldings consist of three lobes, two of which have a lip on one side. On the other side of these two lobes, the ring widens slightly to straighter edges which are decorated with moulded triangular motifs. Between these is the third lobe. The object has a green mottled patina. Measurements: 20.48mm wide, 5.30mm thick, 6.60g weight Discussion: compare…
Created on: Wednesday 4th January 2023
Last updated: Thursday 5th January 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-899D34
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy strap fitting, dating to the late Iron Age or early Roman periods, c. 100 BC - AD 100. The strap fitting is formed of two circular shapes of uneven size: one larger with a single central perforation and moulded vegetal or possibly zoomorphic decoration on the front, and one smaller with a filling circular cell that may originally have held enamel. The back of the object is flat and undecorated, with two broken attachment shanks, circular in section and placed at opposite ends of the strap fitting.  No direct parallel exists on the database at present, b…
Created on: Tuesday 13th December 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 13th December 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-59FA93
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast copper alloy strap union of Taylor and Brailsford's (1985) Type 1 of late Iron Age to early  Roman date. The object has an openwork plate comprised of opposed convex crescents which join at their tips with a rounded opening at the centre created from their respective concave edges. There is no additional surface decoration. The reverse of the plate is flat. From either side of this plate project a pair of strap bars, held with circular lugs at either end. This example is unusual in being complete. For similar finds recorded by the PAS see W…
Created on: Sunday 11th December 2022
Last updated: Monday 12th December 2022
Spatial data recorded.