Record ID: SUR-0E156C
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval two part strap end with a narrowed terminal (from the upper plate) which has two flanking pairs of small projections. The front is decorated with intertwined lines of rocker-arm zig-zag decoration which encompass small stars. The rear plate is shorter and undecorated. The rear end is concave with forked sides and a cusped inner edge. There is a single copper alloy rivet at the centre.
Created on: Monday 5th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 5th February 2024
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Record ID: NARC-82610E
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
incomplete copper alloy Strap-End of Early-Medieval date (AD 750-900). Thomas's (2003, 2) Class A, Type 2. The object is flat in profile and sub-rectangular in plan with a rounded tip. The opposing terminal is partially retained with the upper plate of this split end is missing due to a transverse break. The upper edge of the retained back plate is broken and abraded. The upper surface of the plate has an incised decoration composed of a moulded and incised zoomorphic style terminal with a rounded snout with two punched pellets to indicate nostrils, above which are two punched pellet…
Created on: Thursday 14th April 2022
Last updated: Thursday 21st April 2022
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Record ID: SUR-D1D72A
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A simple copper alloy Medieval strap end, 40.1mm in length, comprising a pair of rectangular plates held together by a single copper alloy rivet at the rear end. A second rivet hole is evident at the rounded tip, but has lost its rivet and broken through corrosion. Circa 13th-14th century.
Created on: Friday 5th February 2021
Last updated: Friday 5th February 2021
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Record ID: SUR-468322
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early Medieval cast copper alloy strap end of openwork socketed form, with finely moulded zoomorphic decoration. The object is triangular in plan with a rectangular cross section. The rear end is hollow, with two rivet holes on either side and decorative cusps along the rear edge. The central portion of the front plate has been cut away revealing the hollow central socket of the object which extends around 60% of its length. The terminal is moulded into a finely worked beast head with scrollwork ears framing the front end of the cutaway panel, to the front of this are circular eyes…
Created on: Tuesday 5th January 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 6th January 2021
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Record ID: BUC-D8D5E4
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Early Medieval copper alloy strap end of Class B Type 2, dating from c. AD 750-1100. The strap end is sub triangular in shape, the split attachment end is at the wider end. The strap end narrows gradually to a rounded point. The terminal point is worn, but originally would have been zoomorphic in design. Moulded decoration depicting a long snout, eye hollows and long ears are just visible. After the ears the strap end narrows slightly to create a neck. There are two rounded moulded features just below the attachment end. At the split attachment end are two circular perforat…
Created on: Monday 21st October 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 4th December 2019
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Record ID: BUC-BE10E1
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy early medieval strap end dating from AD 750-950, Class A type 2. The strap end is a long rectangular shape, with the edges of the strap end curving out slightly near the centre. It has a split attachment end, which is shaped along the edge with two rounded semi circular projections. In the centre of these projections are two circular perforations for the now missing rivets. Below this the strap end is decorated with incised lines in a patterned style. The central panel has an indented cross with the arms running from each corner of the rectangular panel with…
Created on: Wednesday 15th May 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 21st May 2019
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Record ID: BUC-D6335C
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy medieval strap end, dating from c. AD 1300-1400. The strap end would have originally been formed of two plates, one of which is now missing. The plate is sub rectangular in shape, narrowing from the attachment edge to the terminal which is triangular with a central rounded point. The plate has been folded twice across itself, and is worn. The plate is decorated with an incised zoomorphic design depicting an animal, possibly a mythical creature or a wyvern. The creature has it's head at the narrow end of the plate, which is turned and facing back. The head…
Created on: Tuesday 27th November 2018
Last updated: Monday 11th February 2019
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Record ID: BUC-543579
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete early medival copper alloy strap end, dating to c. AD 740-1100. The strap end is split end, and is triangular shaped narrowing towards the terminal end. At the wider splt end there is a central circular rivet holding the two sheets together. This edge is worn and broken, with one corner missing and the other folded over on the front sheet. On the other sheet one corner is missing. The strap end narrows to a zoomorphic terminal, which has a rounded snout. Above this are two oval hollows representing eyes, and two raised triangular ears. The strap end is very worn, and no oth…
Created on: Wednesday 21st November 2018
Last updated: Friday 23rd November 2018
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Record ID: BUC-5E4BF8
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy strap end dating from the medieval period dating to c.14th Century AD. The strap end is of split end type, with a copper alloy rivet holding the two plates in place. The strap end is rectangular in shape, and narrows slightly towards the terminal end. The terminal end is a solid rectangular knop with incised diagonal notches. There is a narrow neck connecting this to the main body of the strap end. There is no decoration on the reverse of the strap end, which measures 46.5mm in length, 8.5mm in width, 2.8mm in thickness, and 3.66g in weight. The strap end has a…
Created on: Tuesday 16th October 2018
Last updated: Friday 26th October 2018
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Record ID: BUC-F7504D
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an early medieval copper alloy strap end, dating to 8th-9th Century AD, Class A type 2. The strap end has a zoomorphic terminal, which is formed of two semi circular grooves representing the ears. Below this is a rounded incised geometric design, possibly forming the eyes of the creature. The terminal is rounded to form the shape of the snout. Above the face of the creature there is a symetrical geometric insised design, with two triangular shapes surrounded by curved decorated cells. Above this is a worn break running across the width of the strap end. The strap end is …
Created on: Friday 5th January 2018
Last updated: Friday 19th January 2018
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Record ID: BUC-19853E
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval copper alloy strap end of Class B, type 2, dating from c.750-1100 AD. The strap end is triangular in shape, with the circular attachment holes at the wider end, one of which is now broken. The face of the strap end is decorated with incised lines; a border runs around the edge of the strap end with cross hatching inside. At the attachment end there is incised curvilinear lines, it is unclear what this depicts. The terminal end is rounded, and very worn. There is no decoration on the reverse. The strap end has a light green patina, with patches of red brown…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd August 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd August 2017
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Record ID: BUC-298DE1
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy medieval strap end dating from c.1400-1450. The strap end is worn at the terminal end, and is possibly a two piece, or a one piece with a split. The strap end is rectangular in shape, widening towards the attachment end. The attachment end has a circular rivet in each corner, which was probably iron due to the corrosion surrounding the hole. The rivets run through to the back plate, however the middle of each rivet is now worn and missing. In the centre of the attachment edge is a semi circular indentation, with a raised ridge either side projecting out. Runnin…
Created on: Friday 10th March 2017
Last updated: Monday 3rd February 2020
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Record ID: BUC-143429
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy late Early Medieval strap end with split attachment end, possibly dating to c.10th to the 11th century. The strap end is rectangular in shape and flares out to two circular shapes with moulded decoration at the termimal end, creating aV shaped collar above. There are also two half circles on the terminal edge, these could either be spirals, or zoomorphic eyes. Between the two circular shapes on the outside edge the strap end is worn, it is possible that this is a worn break. The attachment end is squared off, and has a central circular rivet hole with a copper …
Created on: Tuesday 20th September 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 5th October 2016
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Record ID: BH-E413F7
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper-alloy strap-end. The object is comprised of two damaged, sub-rectangular plates, the upper of which is decorated with an incised design. Central to this design is a fleur-de-lis, executed in a serrated groove, with rocker-arm grooves filling the fields above and flanking the central stem. A plain field surrounds the central design, its outer limits defined by a groove whose curvature mirrors that of the lis. Beyond this, an indistinguishable pattern of grooves extends to the surviving limits of the plate. A rivet with domed head is located at the centre of the lis…
Created on: Wednesday 15th April 2015
Last updated: Thursday 16th April 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cold Brayfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-CD3102
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy strap-end, probably dating from the Middle to Late Early-Medieval periods. The attachment end has been lost in antiquity, leaving the body and basal terminal, both of which are of flat section. The body has scalloped edges and gradually narrows towards the bottom. A number of eliptical indentations decorate the body's upper surface, creating the impression of fur. The right- and left-hand sides of the terminal have a slight outward bow and converge towards the flat base. Two horizontal grooves divide the upper surface of the terminal into three bands.
Created on: Monday 19th January 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 16th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Haversham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-2DDEDF
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy strap end of medieval date. It is a rectangular composite strap end with a traingular terminal end. The other end terminates in an old break but there is a central circular hole for a separately made rivet which is present.
Created on: Thursday 18th December 2014
Last updated: Thursday 18th December 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bedford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-8E56B4
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy strap-end, probably dating from the Medieval period. The strap-end resembles a human arm and is probably incomplete. The widest point is at the top, where the underside is hollow and there is an in situ copper-alloy rivet at the base, which would have served to attached the now-missing back plate. The shallow depth of the hollow strap slot strongly suggests that the strap-end would originally have extended to a greater height. The base of the strap slot extends into the body of the strap-end, on one side there being an inward step at this junction, on the other a smoo…
Created on: Wednesday 31st July 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 31st July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cold Brayfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-7C2EC3
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a copper alloy medieval strap end. The object now consists of a crescent shaped plate with pairs of six diagonal lines cut into it enclosed by a single line. The gilding survives in this decoration. There are four rivet holes roughly equally spaced around the crescent. There are traces of iron corrosion in one hole so the rivets may have been iron. At the outer edge of the widest point of the crescent there is a break. Complete examples of this type of 15th century strap end have a decorative protrusion in the form of a trefoil or a leaf. There would have been a circular back…
Created on: Thursday 18th July 2013
Last updated: Friday 19th July 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Newport Pagnell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-787995
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One plate of a medieval copper alloy composite rectangular strap end, a front plate of sheet with a single rivet hole at the scalloped attachment edge.The inner surface i.e. the one facing the leather or textile of the belt has rough diagonal lines made with a rasp like tool. This may have been intended to give it a better grip on the belt.[The photo may be upside down!]
Created on: Wednesday 24th April 2013
Last updated: Thursday 1st August 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gayhurst', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-ED5DB1
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy strap-end of probable medieval date. The strap-end consists of two joined elements. The upper piece has a plain trapezoidal plate at the top and a zoomorphic head terminal at the bottom below in incurved waist. The top side of the plate is horizontal and the long sides are also straight, converging towards the bottom, where they extend into the waist. The detail on the zoomorphic head below is executed in high relief, with a series of oblique ridges and grooves in the upper surface representing the ears, eyes and nostrils. The second piece of the strap-end consists of a…
Created on: Friday 7th October 2011
Last updated: Saturday 22nd March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tyringham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-C65F65
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete early medieval cast copper alloy strap end belonging to Thomas' Class A, type 2. Approximately 60% present, what is liekly to have been a zoomorphic terminal is missing. The strap end tapers slightly towards the straight, split end and two closely set rivet holes for attachment. The rivets remain in place and are square and raised on the front, but circular and set flush against the surface on the back. On the body is a rectangular panel containing a multi-strand cross-hatched pattern and some (probably) chip carved cresent shapes along the border. Neillo appears to i…
Created on: Wednesday 5th October 2011
Last updated: Sunday 23rd March 2014
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Record ID: BUC-25CE35
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval copper alloy strap end made up of two sheet metal leaves joined at the tip and secured by a single rivet at the other end. This end is too badly eroded to be certain of the original shape. The terminal is trtrilobed and the faces are plain.
Created on: Monday 21st February 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hanslope CF Field', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-51A162
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy late Roman - early Saxon 'amphora-shaped' strap end. This example is complete apart from the lower point. The attachment end has a chip carved edge with a single rivet hole through it and then narrows into the neck of the 'amphora' with chip carved handles. There is another rivet hole between the handles. The main body of the 'amphora' then flares outwards with downwards sloping shoulders, and would have tapered to a point. The front face is decorated with three lines of punched diagonal dashes that outline and bisect the strap end. The four ring and dot motifs are …
Created on: Friday 27th June 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: BUC-048456
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early medieval copper alloy strap end. The sub rectangular plate that fitted the end to the belt has two rivets one above the other. Below this the strap end narrows abruptly into a simply deliniated animal head. This is in the form of a deeply cut chevron and a moulded triangle. The elongated teardrop shaped terminal could be interpreted as the animal's tongue. This object is similar to Thomas Class B strap end but for the fact that it does not appear to have the usual bifurcated strap fitting or the two rivets in line rather than one above the other. Perhaps this is a slightly la…
Created on: Tuesday 6th May 2008
Last updated: Saturday 1st August 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hanslope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-6DE611
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval copper alloy strap end with a rectangular section that is bifercated and riveted to take the strap. From this a tapering tongue extends down. This appears to have been broken but was probsbly not much longer. The front face of the strap end has a border of punched semi circles the reverse is undecorated.
Created on: Thursday 1st March 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Newport Pagnell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-5FFD03
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy medieval strap end, of Thomas's Class I. The strap end has an elongated terminal in the form of an animal head (possibly a wolf) with an elongated rounded snout. The top of the snout has a carved lozenge shape on the upper surface and the eyes are moulded as two ridges on each side of the head. Above this is a faceted area with curved edges and a groove behind on each side, marking the ears. A waisted area behind the animal terminal widens to the rectangular upper section, now incomplete. The strap end does not appear to have a split end; an iron rivet is visible toward…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd January 2007
Last updated: Saturday 22nd March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sherington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-696982
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy, Thomas Class B, Type 2 strap-end with a Trewhiddle-style relief design. The strap-end is split in two for about a third of the way down, to take the leather or textile of the strap; one of the two rivets hole broken. Just below the two rivet holes is a pelta or fan shape. The panel below this has an indistinct animal, with its back along the right hand side of the strapend. The creature is looking back at its tail, which is curled under. Its legs are extended as if in the act of walking. Below this is a long thin panel with a zigzag, which extends down to three deeply …
Created on: Wednesday 6th December 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 26th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hanslope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-E9F797
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible strap-end. The copper-alloy artefact appears to be part of a single sheet strap end which was once folded and held together with a single rivet. One end of the artefact shows evidence of a break, and it is likely that the object broke as a result of wear on the fold. There is a curcular perforation at the terminal end, possibly for a rivet holding the two ends of the sheet together. The obverse has a border formed by two incised lines. Illustrated examples of this type of artefact are published in Egan and Pritchard (1991, page 127; figs 578 - 583). This object is probably M…
Created on: Tuesday 14th June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BUC-EF5A28
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A damaged center spacer of a composite strap-end. The spacer consists of a circular main part 16mm across with a 7mm diameter hole. One side of the object has a collared, pointed knop. Opposite this is a roughly rectangular tab from which the, now missing, forked part of the spacer springs. Strap-ends of this type are normally dated to the 14th or early 15th century.
Created on: Thursday 20th January 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 25th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hanslope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-68BF55
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy, two-piece strap-end. The strap end consists of a cast front plate, with the decorative terminal riveted to a sheet back plate. While the main part of the strap end is undecorated the terminal has diagonal grooves cut in it in an abstract design. This type of strap-end often has a terminal in the form of a kings head but this example looked more like a grotesque face. Two rivets could just be seen on the front of the strap end. Strap ends of this type found in London excavations (Egan & Pritchard 1991)have been dated to mid 14th to 15th centuries.
Created on: Thursday 13th January 2005
Last updated: Monday 9th February 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Blacklands', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-41BE95
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complex shaped copper alloy strap end from the Early Medieval period. The attachment end is trapezoidal and still has its copper alloy rivet in place. This expands into a diamond shaped terminal, which is decorated with a plaited knot design, outlined in a white deposit that may have been niello. A design continues up the attachment end of the object but the corrosion has made it difficult to decipher. A similar strapend, but with a disciodal terminal, is illustrated in the Ashmolean catalogue (Bolick & Macgregor 1993)This has been suggested to date from the late Saxon period.
Created on: Friday 24th September 2004
Last updated: Friday 10th March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lt Brickhill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-D15E12
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy artefact, probably part of a medieval composite strap end. The object is crescent shaped, although the shape is distorted somewhat now. There is a rectangular lug on the exterior curve of the crescent. The crescent shaped spacer would probably once have been covered with circular front and back plates. Similar examples of strap ends can be seen in Egan and Pritchard (1991, page 140-141; figures 648-651). These strap ends have been found in contexts dating from 1270 to 1400.
Created on: Tuesday 20th July 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC-7CF687
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Published
Single sheet copper-alloy strap end. The strap end is 51 mm long and 22 mm wide. A slight groove separates the attachment end from the rest of the body of the strap end. The attachment end has a circular attachment hole (5 mm in diameter) in the centre. The strap end is decorated around its edges with punched circles. The reverse is undecorated. The strap end has been bent out of shape and and appears to have been broken at one end. The break has been worn smooth, making it likely that this break occurred in antiquity. The strap end is medieval in date.
Created on: Friday 16th July 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NARC-940071
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy strap end. The strap end is crudely made and is in poor condition. It is 37 mm in length and triangular in form, 9 mm wide at its top and 1 mm wide at its terminal. The top appears to have been broken, either in antiquitiy or during its post-depositional life. A circular attachment hole is located 8 mm above the terminal. This strap end is probably medieval in date.
Created on: Monday 5th July 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC-939BA2
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy strap end of early medieval date. The strap end is 32 mm in length and 10 mm wide. It gradually tapers to 5 mm wide at its terminal. The terminal is decorated in zoomorphic style with a stylised quadruped. Above the quadruped is a rectangular cell which may have been treated with a decorative finish, although if so no such finish remains. The strap end would originally have had a split attachment end where the strap would have slotted in. However, one of the sheets of metal that formed the split has broken off. The remaining part of the attachment end has two adjacent hole…
Created on: Monday 5th July 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC-9172B5
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy strap end. The strap end is of a long and thin type, 59 mm in length. The strap end is 9 mm wide at its attachment end, expanding to 13 mm wide before tapering to 3 mm at its terminal. It is decorated with a ring and dot design, comprising 11 vertical ring and dot motifs and two horizontal ones, producing a cross effect. The reverse is undecorated. The strap end is split at its attachment end where a strap would have been inserted. There are also two attachment loops for securing the strap end to the strap. The strap end is Anglo-Saxon and may date to the 9th century.
Created on: Monday 5th July 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BUC-10DA63
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Published
The copper-alloy spacer plate from a composite strap end, with a collared knop in the shape of a very stylised acorn. The spacer plate consists of a closed circular loop at the terminal end, and a pair of flaring arms forming a fork at the attachment end. Neither of the outer plates which would have originally completed the strap end survives. Similar examples excavated in London (Egan and Pritchard 1991, nos.648-652) come from 14th- or early 15th-century contexts.
Created on: Wednesday 4th February 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hanslope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-C13DE3
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a worn strap-end with worn decoration. One end is split but is missing the fixing holes; the terminal end is also missing. The long edges are gently curved. Remains of interlinked ring-and-dot decoration, probably originally niello-inlaid but now standing proud of the surface. There is also a contouring grooved border. From the shape (often called tongue-shaped) it is likely to be broadly 9th-century, and of Thomas's Class A, Type 2 (patterned).
Created on: Tuesday 14th October 2003
Last updated: Sunday 2nd March 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-BFEB33
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Published
A strapend of typical mid-late Saxon form with a zoomorphic terminal and a panel decorated in the Trewhiddle style. The attachment end is broken and bent upwards but there are slight traces of the two attachment holes. The central panel is inlaid with light brown, possibly decayed enamel, and shows a curling beast with open mouth and intertwined limbs. The hindquarters sit above the ears of the zoomorphic terminal which has a niello inlaid panel on its forehead.
Created on: Tuesday 14th October 2003
Last updated: Sunday 2nd March 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC1253
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete 'waisted' strap end with spatulate fixing end with a single copper-alloy rivet near the edge on the centre line, this part of the strap-end is flatter than the opposite end which is lozenge shaped and rectangular in section, the tip is broken and missing, the waist between the lozenge and the spatulate ends has multiple transverse moulded grooves; the edge of the front of both ends is decorated with multiple ring and dot motifs, there is a larger ring and dot punched into the centre front of the lozenge end at its widest point; the spatulate end is further decorated by t…
Created on: Friday 25th May 2001
Last updated: Tuesday 13th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'BUCKINGHAMSHIRE BLETCHLEY', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC769
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Published
The cast acorn terminal knop and broken forked spacer of a strap end; the tines of the spacer are quite substantial but have been broken off approximately 10mm below the shoulders
Created on: Sunday 29th October 2000
Last updated: Sunday 24th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'BUCKINGHAMSHIRE HANSLOPE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: RAH1280
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Saxon zoomorphic terminal (fox head?). Trewhiddle style decoration & 2 holes for rivets.
Created on: Wednesday 5th April 2000
Last updated: Tuesday 4th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'BUCKINGHAMSHIRE CLIFTON REYNES', grid reference and parish protected.