Record ID: DOR-52413F
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy strap end. Cast zoomorphic strap end with a beast head terminal. The strap end comprises two plates, each with a central, circular plate, a narrowed projecting strip at one side and a zoomorphic projection opposite. The strip is rounded and expanded at the end, pierced and retains a dome-headed copper alloy rivet. The front of the circular section is decorated with incised diagonal lines, in-filled with cross hatching and retaining some gilding. The design is possibly a letter, but is difficult to interpret. The zoomorphic projecting terminal is a stylised beast's…
Created on: Monday 17th July 2023
Last updated: Monday 28th August 2023
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Record ID: DOR-1FE56B
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A  copper-alloy strap end. The strap end consists of a single, rectangular sheet of copper alloy, folded in half and secured with a copper-alloy rivet at the open end, the remains of which is in situ. The strap end is undecorated on both sides. Date: Medieval - c. AD 1250 - 1350 Dimensions: 27.47 x 14.02 x 4.07 mm Weight: 3.54 g
Created on: Monday 15th May 2023
Last updated: Saturday 3rd February 2024
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Record ID: DOR-1623F5
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A  fragment of a copper alloy strap end. An amphora-shaped type. The fragment remaining is of the lower oval plate with a rounded knop at the base. There is a diagonal break at the top of the plate  There are two ring and dot stamps on the front face arranged longitundinally on the long axis of the plate. The rear is flat and undecorated. Date: Late Roman - c. AD 300 - 400 Dimensions: 30.13 mm x 19.44 mm x 1.69 mm Weight: 3.30 g A complete example of a similar strap-end  can be seen in database record HAMP-8DBEEC where the author notes: For similar …
Created on: Monday 27th March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 4th April 2023
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Record ID: DOR-F07846
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete strap end. A zoomorphic strap end of Thomas Class a, type 1 (Trewhiddle style). An oval split plate strap end with a very stylised en-face zoomorphic terminal. At the attachment end are two circular rivet holes in the front  and rear plates with one corner broken. The complete rivet hole retains the small circular cross sectioned copper alloy rivet. The plate at the rear is broken and retains the remnant of the rivet holes. The plate is decorated on the front face with an incised interlace pattern filling most of the surface and with a framing band aro…
Created on: Saturday 25th March 2023
Last updated: Thursday 27th April 2023
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Record ID: DOR-AC3044
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy strap end. The strap end is composed of two plates which both taper gradually towards a pointed terminal. An additional strip of copper alloy is sandwiched between the two plates at the pointed end and extends approximately half way up the length of the object. A pierced hole through both plates indicates the position of a single rivet at the flat end and a single rivet remains in place at the pointed end. The strap end is undecorated and the surfaces are corroded. Date: Medieval - c. 1250 - 1350 Dimensions: 32.04 mm x 9.59 mm x 2.64 mm Weight: 3.40 g A si…
Created on: Monday 3rd October 2022
Last updated: Saturday 25th March 2023
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Record ID: DOR-34FB72
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy composite strap end. Comprising two sheet metal plates with a forked spacer spacer, joined at the base by two rivets. The plates are tongue shaped with a notched, in-curving attachment end and a central knop at the terminal end. The attachment end has two circular rivets. The front and reverse are undecorated. Date:  Medieval c.1350-1450 Dimensions: 36.14 mm x 15.27 mm x 4.36 mm Weight: 6.92 g
Created on: Saturday 3rd September 2022
Last updated: Friday 7th October 2022
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Record ID: DOR-B601C8
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy strap end. A composite sheet metal strap end form of two plates riveted together. Both plates are rectangular, tapering slightly to the shaped terminals. The terminals are narrowed from the main part of the plates , notched on either side, with a trapezoidal end, scalloped along the angled edges.The plates are joined by a rivet at each of the upper corners. The plates are undecorated Date: Medieval - c 1350 - 1500 Dimensions: 34.35 mm x 15.45 mm x 1.9 mm Weight: 3.51 g (dirt encrusted weight)
Created on: Monday 23rd May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd June 2022
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Record ID: DOR-681C69
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy amphora-shaped strap end dating to c. AD 350-410. The strap end is broken at the top and bottom, leaving a fragment of two circular pierced loops at the top which would have been the handles to the amphora followed by the lozenge-shaped body. The front face is decorated with a series of punched dot motifs consisting of a line of dots around the edge, on the top half of the face there are three groups of three dots arranged in a triad at 9, 12 and 3 o'clock. Below these is a group of 10 central dots arranged in an upside down triangle. The reverse face is fla…
Created on: Monday 25th April 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 8th June 2022
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Record ID: DOR-3A7FC8
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy strap end of Thomas Class B Type 2. A zoomorphic strap end comprising a narrow body with a wedge-shaped split attachment end. At the bilobed terminal of the attachment end are two large, dome-headed rivets set transversely. The wedge-shaped end is split to about half its length and the front is decorated with niello inlay in curving and interlacing Trewhiddle style (although what is depicted is difficult to discern). The lower half of the strap end is narrowed to a rectangular, D-sectioned bar with transverse grooves at the top and just before the moulded animal-head te…
Created on: Tuesday 16th November 2021
Last updated: Thursday 25th November 2021
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Record ID: DOR-463E57
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy strap end. A two-piece strap end comprising a cast front plate with integral raised sides and a sheet metal back plate originally joined.to the front by a single, centrally placed, circular rivet towards the upper edge and additionally soldered to the sides and The front plate has an in-curved upper edge and tapers to the opposite end where there is an integral T-shaped bar terminal. The incomplete back plate is broken at the upper edge and similarly tapered. Date: Medieval - c. 1300 - 1450 Dimensions: 29.71 mm x 7.95 mm x 3.56 mm Weight: 3.75 g
Created on: Tuesday 6th July 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 6th July 2021
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Record ID: DOR-1F522B
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy probable strap end. A single rectangular sheet of copper alloy broken at one end. At one end is a central, open, circular notch flanked by two small circular holes which retain the separate copper alloy rivets. The opposite end has an old break. The front face of the plate is decorated with an incised design of a Wyvern standing and left. The Wyvern is depicted with an open beaked mouth a small eye and tufted ear. It has a sinuous neck joining to a clawed forelimb. The abdomen ai long, pointed and striped (similar to an insect abdomen) Projecting from the sh…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd June 2020
Last updated: Friday 3rd July 2020
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Record ID: DOR-0F9F47
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy composite sheet metal strap end. An elaborate strap end formed of two sheet metal plates riveted together. Both plates are the full length and there is no spacer plate. The strap end is a tapering rectangle with an openwork fleur de lys terminal. At the top is a trefoil aperture (open at the top) in both plates. The front plate is additionally decorated with notches flanking the aperture. There is a single. central circular copper alloy rivet below the aperture which originally passed through both plates. The front plate is decorated with bands of stamped and incised l…
Created on: Monday 22nd June 2020
Last updated: Thursday 25th June 2020
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Record ID: DOR-E3C954
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy zoomorphic strap end. A Thomas Class B Type 1 with transverse mouldings and a heavily stylised zoomorphic terminal. The attachment end is flared and split into two plates. It has a single rivet hole through both plates, containing an irregular cross-sectioned iron rivet. At either side of the flared and are small angled projections, two on each plate (four in total). Below the flared end is transverse moulded angular band which runs across the front and onto the sides. The strap end is narrowed and slightly tapering beyond this point. At the end, on the front of the s…
Created on: Monday 8th June 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 9th September 2020
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Record ID: DOR-C5410B
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy zoomorphic strap end. A Thomas class A type 2. The strap end ha a truncated lozengiform plate with a wide split attachment end and a tapered zoomorphic terminal opposite. The attachment end has two large, circular, copper alloy rivets, The plate is decorated with a combination of moulded and incised element. At the attachment end there are two double stranded moulded arches which could be taken to represent ears, making the terminal and rivets a snout and nostrils. Below these is an incised lozengiform panel with small, regularly spaced recessed dots infilling. Below th…
Created on: Tuesday 7th April 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 7th April 2020
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Record ID: DOR-67AC2B
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval copper-alloy strap end, dating to AD 1250 - 1350. The strap end consists of a single sheet of metal, folded in half and secured with a copper-alloy rivet at the open end. The strap end is undecorated on both sides. The object has possibly retained some fabric or leather and this is visible from the open end. Length: 15.07 mm Width: 6.95 mm Thickness: 2.42 mm Weight: 0.72 g
Created on: Friday 14th February 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 6th July 2021
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Record ID: DOR-43397C
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval copper-alloy strap end, dating to AD 1250 - 1350. The strap end consists of a single sheet of metal, folded in half and secured with a circular cross-sectioned copper-alloy rivet at the open end. Due to wear the folded sheet is now in two parts. The strap end is undecorated on both sides. Length: 20.67 mm Width: 11.25 mm Thickness: 2.75 mm Weight: 1.01 g
Created on: Friday 31st January 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 6th July 2021
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Record ID: DOR-999BF3
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval copper-alloy composite strap end, dating to AD 1400-1450. What remains of the plate is crescent shaped, it was originally circular. Half of the front plate remains and is broken where the cresent begins to taper. There are two copper-alloy rivets which would have linked to the mising back plate. The crescent is decorated with symmetrical incised lines which form a crude branching design with line hatching in some areas. At the base the plate extends into a flat tri-lobed expansion, this is decorated with incised lines radiating out from the centre ending in ind…
Created on: Friday 18th October 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 21st January 2020
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Record ID: DOR-8C2F9D
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper-alloy strap end, dating to c. AD 1200-1400. The strap end is rectangular, and consists of two sheets of copper alloy joined by four separate copper alloy rivets, three of which survive in situ. There are two rivets at the base and one of the two surviving at the attachment end. Reference: Egan and Pritchard (1991) op.147 no.700. Length: 24.19 mm Width: 15.23 mm Thickness: 3.07 mm Weight: 3.92 g
Created on: Monday 23rd September 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 14th July 2020
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Record ID: DOR-236B87
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval copper-alloy strap end, dating to AD 1400-1500. What remains of the plate is crescentic with two attachment projections on the outer edge. Both ends of the plate are damaged. There are multiple small circular rivet holes in the plate for the attachment of this and the missing rear plate to the strap end. The front of the plate is decorated with incised lines forming geometric shapes, possibly in imitation of Gothic script. Dimensions: 32.42 mm x 32.48 mm x 2.55 mm Weight: 7.87 g There are several examples of this type of strap end on the database. Of pa…
Created on: Wednesday 18th September 2019
Last updated: Monday 20th January 2020
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Record ID: DOR-4AAF8A
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A middle to late early-medieval (750-1050) copper alloy strap-end of Thomas' Class B Type 1 (or B1), parallel-sided with a wedge-shaped split end, plain terminal and transverse-rib decoration. The split attachment end is sub-triangular in shape, the shaft extending from the apex. The front plate is almost complete, retaining one broken and one complete circular attachment hole, the rear plate is broken off below the level of the attachment holes. The shaft tapers to a rounded oval terminal. It is sub angular in cross section and decorated with incised transverse lines below the spli…
Created on: Tuesday 9th July 2019
Last updated: Monday 15th July 2019
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