Record ID: CAM-97995A
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Medieval three-piece composite strap-end with forked spacer. This strap-end has a circular body with flaring upper half. The forked spacer terminates below with an acorn shaped knop. The artefact, in its current condition, weighs 11.73g, has a length of 54.8mm, maximum width of 20.2mm and thickness of 3.9mm. The thickness increases over the acorn terminal to a maximum 4.7mm (the top of the acorn's cup). The three-dimensional acorn terminal accounts for 8.1mm of the object's total length. The cup has a width of 4.4mm at the base, adjacent to the rest of…
Created on: Saturday 8th January 2022
Last updated: Friday 21st January 2022
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Record ID: CAM-595355
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Early-Medieval strap-end, dating to the c. 9th Century AD. This is a Thomas, G. Class A type strap-end, weighing 1.54g. It has a length of 28.8mm, width of 8.7mm and maximum thickness at the split end of 1.9mm. The longitudinal sides of this artefact have a slight convex curve. The en-face animal-headed terminal end accounts for 9.9mm of the artefact’s total length. The snout is the narrowest part of the object at 4.1mm. The snout has a slightly convexly curved shape to what would otherwise be a transverse terminal. On the upper surface two short shallow incis…
Created on: Tuesday 14th April 2020
Last updated: Thursday 21st December 2023
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Record ID: CAM-69C9EC
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Early-Medieval strap-end. This artefact is a class E, probably a type 1 Winchester style plant scroll simplified to a symmetrical openwork pattern and seems to have an absence of zoomorphic decorative element, or less likely might be a type 3 strap-end. This artefact weighs 15.5g, has a length of 48.2mm, maximum width of 24.4mm and maximum thickness of 4.9mm. The attachment end is rectangular. The reverse surface remains on the same plane as the rest of the artefact. However, the front surface has a reduced thickness, over a length of 8.6mm, of 2.3mm. There are fou…
Created on: Wednesday 26th February 2020
Last updated: Thursday 26th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huntingdon District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-EFB05E
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small Medieval copper-alloy strap-end of double sheet and double rivet construction with open sides. The artefact weighs 1.50g and has a length of 23.9mm. The attachment end is roughly transverse, with a slight diagonal angled slope. This end is the widest end measuring 9.4mm with a sheet thickness of 0.9mm. The opposite sheet has a width at this end of 8.1mm and thickness of 0.7mm. These two sheets are held apart, by an internal gap of 1.6mm, by a single rivet. This rivet is positioned in the approximate centre of the width, set c.1.5mm in from the open end. The rivet has a ci…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd October 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 8th January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huntingdon District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-BBBD01
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver strap-end of Early-Medieval date. This is a Thomas Class A, Type 1 strap-end. This artefact has an incomplete length of 22.9mm, maximum width of 15.2mm and maximum thickness of 3.5mm across the split end, 1.9mm of which is the gap between the two surfaces that forms the split. The sides are convexly curved. The lower end of the artefact terminates in a worn irregular transverse break that bends the metal backwards. The reverse surface would have been flat and is undecorated, however the break has formed a concave transverse bend at the base. The artefact has …
Created on: Tuesday 8th October 2019
Last updated: Thursday 7th October 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cambridgeshire County Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-6A8FE8
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early-Medieval copper-alloy strap-end with niello inlay decoration. This strap-end is a Thomas Class A, Type 1 and weighs 3.34g. The artefact has a length of 30.0mm and maximum width of 10.1mm. The en-facing animal head terminal is subtle and accounts for 9.2mm of the total length. The main decorative field has a straight transverse edge at the back of the animal head terminal zone. The edges, defined by a shallow narrow incised line, run approximately parallel to the slightly convex curved edges of the strap-end. The upper end, towards the split end, has a concave curve which l…
Created on: Tuesday 4th December 2018
Last updated: Monday 11th February 2019
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Record ID: CAM-AD7E18
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy artefact of Medieval date, probably the remains of a strap-end but possibly a book-plate. It weighs 5.71g and the rectangular sheet of copper-alloy has a width of 28.5mm and length of 26.4mm. The sheet has a thickness of 1.1mm. Three of the edges are straight however, one has been shaped to have a toothed/serrated edge. This edge has four 'V' shaped notches (c.f. Egan, G. and Pritchard, F. 2002, p.159, fig.104 dated to AD c.1350-c.1400). The width of these notches and the remaining edge to either side of them vary. The intended external surface of the sheet is decorated…
Created on: Tuesday 13th November 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 1st April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-ACFF91
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Early-Medieval strap-end of Gabor's class E, dating to AD 800-1100. The exact class E type has not been identified however, Type 1 is possible. This tongue shaped strap-end weighs 9.6g, has a length of 38.8mm and maximum width at the attachment end of 19.0mm. Dried mud adheres in patches to the surfaces of the artefact obscuring some of the moulded decoration. At the rounded convex terminal the upper surface has two 'style 1' bird heads with curving beak motifs. The outlines of these bird heads are formed in the negative and are positioned so that the top and back of…
Created on: Tuesday 13th November 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 8th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-9D64F7
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A broken copper alloy forked spacer from a Medieval to Post-Medieval strap end. It is of composite construction and would have had a piece of sheet metal fixed to either side. The artefact is comprised of two prongs which extend from a spherical shaped terminal. This prominent knop (length: 9.7mm) has a thickened collar (width:1.8mm). Diameter of knop is 5.7mm. The knop end shows unclear signs of decoration and could have been influenced by the shape of an acorn. The possible remains of a copper alloy rivet shank remain 3.5mm below the collar. The length of the shorter prong from the …
Created on: Friday 19th October 2018
Last updated: Monday 23rd May 2022
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Record ID: CAM-87B328
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete late Roman, possibly into the early Early-Medieval period, copper-alloy amphora-shaped strap-end. In its current condition it weights 5.56g, has an incomplete length of 32.9mm, maximum width of 20.6mm. Most of the artefact has a thickness of 3.1mm but this increases to 3.8mm at the extreme distal tip. What appears to be the front surface has a 'double-concentric-ring and dot' motif at the approx middle of the width axis at the widest part across the artefact. The centre of the dot and area beside each ring are recessed. This motif has a diameter o…
Created on: Thursday 18th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 10th May 2023
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Record ID: CAM-87A1A3
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Early-Medieval strap-end, Thomas, G. Class A2a with curvilinear decoration. This artefact has been broken and then modified for further use. This artefact weighs 1.29g, has an incomplete length of 27.4mm, maximum width of 11.8mm and thickness of 0.9mm increasing to 1.2mm over the zoomorphic distal terminal. The proximal end appears to be a straight line with wear and post-depositional damage adding a subtle unevenness to the edge. However, this is the line of break, the proximal end now missing. The sides taper to a blunt distal end…
Created on: Thursday 18th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 10th May 2023
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Record ID: CAM-87876A
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete late Roman, possibly into the early Early-Medieval period, copper-alloy amphora-shaped strap-end. In its current condition it weights 11.35g, has an incomplete length of 51.0mm, maximum width of 22.7mm. Most of the artefact has a thickness of 2.3mm but this increases to 3.8mm at the extreme distal tip and 3.9mm over the start of the split end. General shape Distal zone: The distal tip of the artefact is a conical shape with oval cross-section. This tip expands the thickness of the artefact on both surfaces but to a greater extent on the side where the s…
Created on: Thursday 18th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 10th May 2023
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Record ID: CAM-EE56DE
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Medieval - Post Medieval strap end. Weight: 10.40g, Length: 29.5mm. The terminal is sub-spherical in shape with a diameter of 16.1mm. Due to some wear an area on one side has been slightly flattened. A pair of integrally cast flat-ended prongs splay outwards and account for 13.9mm of the total length of the artefact.The width of the prongs is 5.2mm at the base where they emerge from the spherical terminal, gradually increasing in width to 7.2mm at the transverse end of the plate. The thickness of the prongs is 2.3mm at the spherical terminal end and 1.1mm at the rive…
Created on: Friday 18th May 2018
Last updated: Friday 25th May 2018
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Record ID: CAM-CB133A
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This incomplete copper-alloy Medieval strap-end weighs 11.18g. It has a length of 53.8mm, maximum width of 33.6mm and thickness of 2.6mm. The artefact is designed with two distinct zones. One zone has a crescentic shape and accounts for 30.9mm of the total length. The upper surface has incised decoration. An attempt to make this decoration appear to be symmetrical has been made however, close examination confirms that the incised design is not symmetrical. A single continuous line forms a border approximately parallel to the edge of the crescent shape. Within this crescentic field …
Created on: Monday 15th January 2018
Last updated: Friday 22nd November 2019
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Record ID: CAM-2D05D2
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Early-Medieval strap-end, cast in one piece, dating to the period sometime between AD750-1100. The condition of this artefact is relatively good, the only damage being a break across the corner of one of the two attachment loops. This artefact does not readily fit into the Thomas classification system but seems to display influence from at least Class B, Type 1, Class D and also possibly Class C. See Thomas, G., 2003 Late Anglo-Saxon and Viking-age Strap-Ends 750-1100: Part I Lincolnshire : Finds Research Group AD 700-1700 & Thomas, G., 2003 Late Anglo-Saxon…
Created on: Monday 20th November 2017
Last updated: Monday 4th June 2018
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Record ID: CAM-E8BD12
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a later Medieval copper-alloy forked spacer with decorative acorn-like terminal. This forked spacer would have been one part of a composite strap-end of the type shown in Griffiths, D., Philpott. R. and Egan, G., 2007 Meols: The Archaeology of the North West Wirral Coast Oxford : Oxford University School of Archaeology, pp.134-136, pl.23, nos.1559-1560. This fragment weighs 2.09g. The acorn terminal has a maximum width of 6.8mm, thickness of 3.7mm and length of 9.5mm. The spacer mirrors what would have been the original shape of the strap-end's roundel form, the recta…
Created on: Thursday 7th January 2016
Last updated: Monday 11th January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-190A27
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy strap-end of Early-Medieval date. The artefact is complete with the exception of a worn break across two of the four rivet holes. This almost complete strap-end is a Class A and probably type 2, See Gabor, T. 2003 The Finds Research Group AD700-1700 - Datasheet 32: Late Anglo-Saxon and Viking-Age strap-ends 750-1100: Part 1. The strap-end weighs 1.84g and has a length of 33.5mm. The maximum width, across the concave sides, is 8.3mm. An animal-head terminal is present with a sub-rectangular decorative pannel located behind the ears. This pannel is formed by shallow th…
Created on: Wednesday 16th December 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 20th March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-F96344
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete late Roman strap end of amphora-shaped form with relatively angular shoulders to the main amphora-body. This strap end has a worn break at both the top and bottom of the artefact. Weight is 4.62g, incomplete length is 32.8mm, width is 13.5mm, thickness is 2.4mm. As the tip of the lower terminal is missing it is uncertain whether a bifurcated end was present for use as a nail cleaner. See SUR-D32237, CAM-67A1D1. These amphora-shaped strap-ends are believed to be of fourth to fifth century AD and have been worn as part of the late roman military uniforms (see BH-11C412).
Created on: Monday 21st September 2015
Last updated: Thursday 12th November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huntingdon District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-7F732C
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early-Medieval copper-alloy tongue shaped strap-end, Class E Type 3: ribbed. The artefact is formed from a single piece of metal and would have been held onto the fabric or leather strap by three copper-alloy rivets only one of which now survives. The strap-end weighs 7.28g, has a length of 37.2mm, width of 16.5mm and thickness is 2.3mm. The reverse surface is smooth flat and undecorated. The majority of the upper surface is decorated with lateral linear designs. Along the full decorated length of the centre is a raised median rib of 2.5mm width. To either side of this ridge …
Created on: Thursday 3rd September 2015
Last updated: Friday 8th January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-08E06D
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Early-Medieval strap-end with two surviving silver rivets. This tongue shaped strap-end is a Thomas Class E type. It weighs 15.12g, has a length of 37.3mm and width of 19.4mm. The decoration is relatively plain consisting of a band of three transverse grooves. On one surface these grooves are positioned horizontally, starting 25.4mm in from the rounded end, and occupy 4.1mm of the total length. On the opposite surface the band of lines occupies a similar location but are slightly diagonal sloping down towards the left edge. The upper edges of both sides of the strap-…
Created on: Tuesday 4th August 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.