Record ID: NLM-9EBCC3
Object type: STRAP UNION
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Strap Union. Cast sub-rectangular frame accommodating the junction of three straps of 28mm width, probably an item of horse harness. File marks remain within the frame, suggesting this object saw only modest use before its loss or discard. Suggested date: Post-Medieval to Modern, 1700-1900. Length: 52.1mm, Width: 49.6mm, Thickness: 3.9mm, Weight: 27.21gms.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd September 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 9th November 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scawby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-B35222
Object type: STRAP UNION
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy strap junction of Late Iron Age date, probably for personal use but possibly from a piece of horse equipment. The date for the object may very possibly extend into the early Roman period. The object consists of two central circles, joined as a figure-of-eight. Both circles are perforated with central holes, each approximately 8 mm in diameter. On either side of each circle there is a knop and the two knops on each side are joined by a strap bar. The knops appear not to have been cast in one with the central design but to have been soldered on, but this is somewhat uncer…
Created on: Monday 12th July 2010
Last updated: Monday 21st May 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-739603
Object type: STRAP UNION
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy strap union. The union comprises two square frames joined by a central stem. The frame is rectangular in cross-section and narrowed at the top and bottom. The central stem is faceted at either edge.
Created on: Friday 9th July 2010
Last updated: Friday 9th July 2010
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-3DA677
Object type: STRAP UNION
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron age copper alloy strap junction, 58mm long, 37mm wide and 4mm thick. The object weighs c.50 grams, has a green patina and is complete except for a small chip at one end. The object is diamond shaped with a circle in the centre. This is subdivided into three lentoid shaped recesses, two are filled with red enamel, which surround a central triangle that has a glass like blue/red residue. This is flanked by two large and two small triangular perforations, which give each side of the border a curved inner edge. This border is decorated with recessed triangles which have lines scratche…
Created on: Wednesday 6th October 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.