Record ID: SUR-07835B
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete plate from a medieval strap end of composite type. The front end is lost; the rear end is slightly concave with a single decorative hole at the mid point, flanked by a pair of copper alloy rivets in the pointed corners. The surface has traces of tinning but there is no other decoration. 
Created on: Friday 24th November 2023
Last updated: Friday 24th November 2023
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Record ID: WAW-FC5FA5
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy strap end of of Early Medieval dating (AD 750 - 900). Thomas Class A, type 2. The strap-end is flat in profile and sub-rectangular in plan with sides which narrow in smooth convex curves from the just after the perforated end to a squared off zoomorphic terminal.  The upper terminal has a split between the upper and lower backplates and is connected by two complete rivets. The main body of the object is decorated by a rectangular panel filled with an incised irregular pattern. Below this is a small moulded zoomorphic sty…
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
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Record ID: SF-F51900
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete probable Medieval copper-alloy strap end dating to circa AD 1350-1500. Cast in one piece it consists of a rectangular sectioned plate which is broadly ovate in plan.  The tip of the plate has broken away. On the front face, its edges are decorated with punched dots set within two incised borders. Separating the plate from the attachment end is a longitudinal groove. The terminal has a fishtail shape, flaring outwards. It is split with two intact, separately cast rivets, situated in an opposed position at the outer edge. The design on the front face of the plate …
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2023
Last updated: Friday 22nd December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Butley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-F4146B
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but warped copper-alloy Medieval strap end dating to the period circa 1150-1450 AD. The object consists of two sub-rectangular plates soldered together at their terminal end. These are widest at their opposite end and gently taper towards the narrow terminal. They are also held together by a single rivet placed just below the widest end terminal. This is circular in cross section (1.8mm diameter) and sits flush to the upper surface of the plate and has a domed head on the reverse. The terminal of the strap end is sub-rectangular in plan wi…
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2023
Last updated: Friday 24th November 2023
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Record ID: OXON-F3FA9A
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Early-Medieval cast copper alloy strap-end, classified as Thomas's (2003, 2) Class A, Type 2. This would date the artefact to around the 9th century AD.  The strap-end is flat in profile and sub-rectangular in plan with sides which widen and then narrow from its upper terminal in smooth convex curves. It has a squared off zoomorphic terminal. The plate is split for c. one quarter of its length to provide a slot for a strap to be placed within. The upper terminal of this split end are pierced by two circular holes (c.1.6mm diameter). This terminal is …
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2023
Last updated: Friday 24th November 2023
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Record ID: OXON-F3EA69
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Early-Medieval cast copper alloy strap-end, classified as Thomas's (2003, 2) Class A, Type 2. This would date the artefact to around the 9th century AD.  The strap-end is flat in profile and sub-rectangular in plan with sides which widen and then narrow from its upper terminal in smooth convex curves. It has a squared off zoomorphic terminal. The plate is split for c. one quarter of its length to provide a slot for a strap to be placed within. The upper terminal of this split end are pierced by two circular holes (c.1.6mm diameter).  The upper …
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2023
Last updated: Friday 24th November 2023
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Record ID: LVPL-F30631
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy strap end dating to the early medieval period (c.AD 850-1100). Thomas Class E, Type 1, Winchester Style. The object is sub-rectangular in plan, with straight sides and a terminal that curves and narrows. The attachment end has straight sides. The face presents a moulded Winchester style decoration that consists of three circular apertures positioned equally apart in a triangular form and two small apertures towards the attachment end. The apertures contribute to an openwork foliate design consisting of angular arms between each hol…
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2023
Last updated: Monday 29th January 2024
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Record ID: NLM-E0A420
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy or base silver strap end fragment. Cast proximal or belt end of a strap end, possibly of Thomas Class A, with two attachment holes. No decoration noted. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 800-850 Length: 13.4mm, Width: 11.1mm, Thickness: 1.4mm
Created on: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Pocklington', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-DEF200
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval sheet copper alloy “shield shaped” strap-end with a point on the inside edge, one large and one small notch in each side, two rivets with rectangular roves, one securing a bar-mount of arched cross-section with a recess on its underside (Egan and Pritchard 1991, 156-8). Weight 1.49g. Length 17.3mm. Width 12.3mm. Bar-mount 4.5 x 12.3mm. c.1270 – c.1450.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
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Record ID: SUR-DDDA4D
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete plate from a medieval strap end of composite type. The front end is lost; the rear end is concave with a single decorative hole at the mid point, flanked by a pair of copper alloy rivets in the pointed corners. There is no other decoration. The reverse has a surface scar from a forked spacer plate.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
Last updated: Friday 24th November 2023
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Record ID: NLM-DCBC8C
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy strap end fragment. Cast tongue-shaped strap end with a linear border and a surface crowded with stamped ring and dot, Thomas Class E cf.Type 3. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 900-1000 Length: 27mm, Width: 19.7mm, Thickness: 1.5mm, Weight: 3.97gms
Created on: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Pocklington', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-CFE125
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two medieval strap-ends each formed from a copper alloy sheet folded widthways with a wide gap at the fold, 14th century: - rectangular, one rivet hole, weight 0.91g, length 19.5mm, width 9.6mm. - trapezoidal, gilded, broken next to the fold, rear part missing, one transverse engraved line near the fold and another next to the wider attachment edge and two rivet holes, weight 2.47g, length 22.4mm, width 15.2 - 18.6mm.
Created on: Tuesday 21st November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
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Record ID: LIN-CFD140
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy medieval strap end dating from the late 13th-16th century (c. AD 1250-1600). The strap end comprises a double copper-alloy sheet. It is rectangular and flat with a split end for attachment of which has been damaged. The strap end tapers towards the finiale; it has sloping shoulders, before expanding into an rounded oval shape and below the terminal is a central copper-alloy rivet in the rivet hole, now worn down to stub. Undecorated. The overall dimensions are as follows: 32.54 mm in length, 8.48 mm in width…
Created on: Tuesday 21st November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 16th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bigby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-CFC155
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy medieval strap end dating  from the late 13th-16th century (c. AD 1250-1600). The strap end comprises a double copper-alloy sheet. It is rectangular and flat, gently flaring towards the split end for attachment with a central copper-alloy rivet in the rivet hole, now worn down to stub. The outer edge of the split end has semi-circular corner lobes and a central angular projection. The strap end tapers towards the finiale; it has sloping shoulders, before expanding into an oval shape with a pointed central semi-circular projection. …
Created on: Tuesday 21st November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 16th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bigby', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-CFBA6C
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval composite tongue-shaped strap-end. Two sheet plates are held together by a rivet near the straight attachment edge. The inside edge is missing with a break cutting across a rivet hole through a knop. It is very likely that a spacer, probably of the full-width variety, has been lost. There are two pairs of V-shaped lateral notches above the knop. The front sheet plate is engraved with a large saltire in rocker-arm. Weight 2.53g. Extant length 32.4mm. Width 10.5mm. 14th century.
Created on: Tuesday 21st November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
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Record ID: LIN-CFA67B
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy early medieval 'Urnes' style strap end dating to c. AD 1000-1100, Thomas Class G. The strap end is rectangular, gently flaring towards the split end for attachment with a central copper-alloy rivet in the rivet hole, now worn down to stub. The strap end tapers towards a moulded high-relief zoomorphic head. The creature's head comprises prominent semi-circular ears, pointed lentoid eyes, above are three chevron grooves for the brows. The face tapers towards the snout, with concave sides, before flaring …
Created on: Tuesday 21st November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 16th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bigby', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-CF8CE7
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy sheet tapering gently with straight sides from one end to the other (non-recent breaks). One one face there are traces of solder and on the other a compass drawn circle containing five punched dots with parts of two other similar circles at the breaks. Almost certainly part of an outer plate from a composite tongue-shaped medieval strap-end such as NMS-7E2E57. Weight 0.75g. Extant length 19mm. Width 9.4 - 10mm. 14th century.
Created on: Tuesday 21st November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
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Record ID: LIN-CF7142
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy early medieval strap end, Thomas Class A, Type 1 Trewhiddle style dating to c.AD 800-900. The strap end is broadly rectangular in form with a split end, which tapers towards the closed end with a very worn zoomorphic terminal. The zoomorphic terminal comprises an abstract face of inward curled ears and a now smoothed out pointed face; with faint traces of raised curved, angular moulded recess for eyes and a wedge-shaped snout.  The body of the strap end contains a bordered panel, although it is very worn and no decoration is now visible.&nb…
Created on: Tuesday 21st November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 16th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Caistor', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-CC3704
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy and iron possible strap end, as kindly identified by the finder. A tiny cast oval plate with bowed sides and a split inner end, with crudely incised sub-triangular panels outlined on its inner end, and with an iron rivet passing through its middle, where it is sharply bent. A single attachment hole appears at the inner end, cf. Thomas Class A Type 2. A function with a spur buckle might be suggested. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 800-850 Length (as found): 16.6mm, Width: 7.0mm, Thickness: 2mm, Weight: 1.05gms
Created on: Tuesday 21st November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 23rd November 2023
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Record ID: ESS-CC0BDB
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and very worn cast copper-alloy strap end (probably Thomas Class B) of early medieval date (c.750-850). Description: The strap end is sub-triangular in plan with a flared attachment end, now broken on the sides, and tapering sides. The strap end is decorated on one side with transverse grooves. The split attachment does not appear to have rivets in situ. The reverse of the strap end is flat and undecorated. The strap end has an even dark green and red brown patchy patina. Measurements: length 36.95mm; width 5.67mm; thickness 3.26mm; weight&…
Created on: Tuesday 21st November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 18th January 2024
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