Record ID: NCL-9A07A4
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy strap end of the Early Medieval period. A Thomas type A strap end dating to the 8th-11th centuries. The strap end is corroded to an extent that most decoration is obscured. However, two rivet holes are visible on the upper face at the split end and the mouse head terminal retains a little detail. The basic outline of the central panel is also visible, as well as a beast's leg in the panel. The back is undecorated. The split end is infilled by corrosion and soil.
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 19th March 2014
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Record ID: NMS-898FBD
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two incomplete medieval copper alloy possible strap-ends, "folded sheeting with wide gaps at the folds" (Egan and Pritchard 1991, 158-60), both tapering towards the attachment edge and with no decoration present, 13th - 14th century: - almost all of one half missing, two rivet holes near the attachment edge, length 32.5mm, width 17.1 - 15.6mm. - part of one half missing, two rivet holes arranged longitudinally, one probably replacing or reinforcing the other, length 20.5mm, width 10.5 - 10mm.
Created on: Thursday 2nd June 2022
Last updated: Thursday 2nd June 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-A09316
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Telford and Wrekin
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete sheet copper alloy strap end with silvering, dating to the Medieval period, between AD 1350 – 1450 (length: 32.5mm; width at riveted end: 11.5mm; thickness: 5.5mm; weight: 3.5g). This strap end is tongue-shaped and sub-triangular in form with a pointed terminal. The artefact comprises of two probable separate sheets, which may have originally had a forked spacer between them. At one end of the strap end, the pointed tip (length of tip: 2.5mm; width of tip: 2mm; thickness at tip: 2mm) protrudes outwards from the outside edge. Both sides of the artefact are still most…
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chetwynd Aston and Woodcote', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-2E6132
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy medieval circa 14th century strap end. Rectangular in shape with a rounded terminal end with a small projecting knop in its centre. Measuring 21.40mm in length and 13.26mm in width. There are two opposing copper-alloy rivets, one through the centre of either end. The strap end is filled with soil but probably has a sheet spacer occupying its whole width.
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nettlestead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-2FEF45
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy medieval composite strapend. Both plates are missing. The strap end is circular with a rectangular extension for the strap and an acorn-shaped terminal inscribed with cross-hatching.
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-482535
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a spacer from a composite strap end of medieval date; the forked spacers are mostly missing. The body is annular and the terminal is in the form of an acorn.
Created on: Friday 11th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-4A1064
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy zoomorphic strap end dating to the ninth century AD of Thomas Class A. The strap end comprises a flat plate, the upper surface of which is decorated with a series of incised triangles filled with niello. At the attachment end the plate splits in two to accommodate the strap; there are two rivet holes with iron rivets in situ. The terminal is zoomorphic with eyes and ears rendered as cast decoration. The strap end measures 40mm in length and 7mm in width. At the attachment end it has a thickness of 5mm.
Created on: Friday 11th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weston Colville', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-4A3B75
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy strap end dating to the ninth century AD of Thomas' Class A, Type 5. The strap end comprises a flat tongue shaped plate. The upper surface of the plate is decorated with a rectangular applied niello panel and three curling loops of silver wire. The terminal is incised with a triangle; the attachment end splits in two to accommodate the strap. It possesses one complete circular section rivet hole with circular section copper alloy rivet in situ, situated at a middle point and two further damaged rivet holes. The strap end measures 37mm in length and 10mm in width. It has …
Created on: Friday 11th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weston Colville', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NCL-86E240
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy strap end, apron pendant type. It is solid with a circular cross section and tapers to a knobbed terminal. There is a circular loop at the wider end, below which are two ridged collars. The remainder of the pendant is undecorated.
Created on: Monday 14th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-876392
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy strap end of probable late 13th to early 15th century AD date. Only one plate survives from what would originally have been a composite strap end. The plate is shield-shaped, tapering slightly in width from the horizontal top edge to the horizontal bottom edge. There are two small circular rivet holes - one at each of the two top corners - and one of these contains a copper-alloy rivet. The reverse of the plate has traces of a silver coloured solder. The surfaces are corroded. The piece measures 17.7mm long, 12.86mm wide and 3.78mm thick (including th…
Created on: Monday 14th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Odell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-993EA5
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy strap end in the form of an elongated triangle with two semi circular shapes cut out of the wide end. The narrow point is broken. The object appears to be cast in one piece with a slot at the top to take the strap. It does not seem to be made up of two plates and a forked, inner separator as some medieval strap ends are. The front face is decorated with sinuous double lines of punched triangles. The top of the strap end has a single rivet framed by a slightly skewed diamond shape of three punched lines. The sides of the strap end have rather roughly executed transverse …
Created on: Tuesday 15th May 2007
Last updated: Friday 29th June 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-C23CA2
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of three-part Medieval strap-end, broken forked spacer (ends missing) with acorn knop. 22 x 45mm. Cf. Dress Accessories (1991) fig.94. 14th-15th century.
Created on: Thursday 17th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Upwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-C43123
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Late Saxon strap-end, corroded purplish metal, cracked and broken, incomplete split attachment-end decorated with at least three ring-and-dots, upper part of decorated openwork plate has stylised head with twin dots for eyes, between two curling tendrils, 23 x >27mm. Cf. a complete example from Colkirk (HER 30016). . 10th-11th century.
Created on: Thursday 17th May 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 28th January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Outwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-D80727
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval cast copper alloy strap end, dating from the 9th to 10th century AD. The strap end is rectangular in plan, and is decorated on both surfaces. There is a row of three copper alloy rivets at the attachment end. On the upper surface, these three rivets attach an additional sheet of copper alloy. This upper sheet is decorated with two rows of four ring-in-dot decoration, one row to either side of the rivets. The lower half of the strap end has moulded decoration, comprised a projecting cylindrical boss at each corner, and another at the centre of the plate. Each boss has a …
Created on: Friday 18th May 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 18th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North of Colchester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-DB10E6
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy strap end dating to the ninth century AD of Thomas' Class A, Type 1. The strap end is flat and trapezoidal in shape. It possesses a sub-zoomorphic terminal decorated with two rows of triangular grooves. The upper surface of the body of the strap end is decorated with pairs of opposing semi-circular incisions with a triangular groove between. The split attachment end is broken. The underside of the strap end is plain. It measures 31mm in length and a maximum of 12mm in width.
Created on: Friday 18th May 2007
Last updated: Saturday 29th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weston Colville', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-DB7357
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy strap end dating to the ninth century AD of Thomas Class A type. The strap end is convex sided and tapers to a pronounced zoomorphic terminal. The upper surface of the body of the strap end possesses a rectangular decorative panel with a grooved ?foliate pattern. The grooves are filled with silver or niello. Above this panel is a further semi-circular grooved pattern with lines radiating from it. At the attachment end the strap end splits in two and possesses two circular perforations. The strap end measures 44m in length, has a maximum width of 12mm and a thickness of 6mm.
Created on: Friday 18th May 2007
Last updated: Saturday 29th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weston Colville', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-DBCA46
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy strap end dating to the thirteenth or fourteenth centuries AD. The strap end comprises two tapering sheets of copper alloy, held together by two circular rivets, one at each end. The attachment end is decorated with two triangular cut outs whilst the terminal ends in a small rounded end knop. The strap end measures 27mm in length, 15mm in width and 3mm in thickness.
Created on: Friday 18th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weston Colville', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-DC5A13
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy strap end dating to the thirteenth or fourteenth centuries AD. The strap end comprises two tapering sheets of copper alloy which have been unevenly cut, held together by two circular rivets, one at each end. The attachment end is plain and the terminal ends in a small rounded end knop. The strap end measures 30mm in length, 15mm in width and 3mm in thickness.
Created on: Friday 18th May 2007
Last updated: Saturday 28th December 2013
No spatial data available.

Record ID: ESS-1A6980
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval strap end. Incomplete composite three piece strap end with forked spacer. Only the forked spacer survives. Cast in copper alloy the spacer is tongue-shaped with an acorn knop. The ends of the spacer are broken and bent. The acorn terminal is comprised of a raised collar before a cross-hatched cup holding the acorn. The spacer has a very dark green-black patina. It is 44.81mm long, 16.95mm thickm 5.44mm thick and weighs 6.22 grams. Sililar to Egan & Pritchard 1991, p144 figure 675.
Created on: Monday 21st May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-1B47C6
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy crescentic strap end.
Created on: Monday 21st May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: SWYOR-1E3094
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy probable strap end fragment. The object is a thin plate, probably one plate from a composite strap end, which is sub-rectangular with one broken end and the other end rounded. It is 31.8mm long, 19mm wide and 1.1mm thick. It is decorated on one side with incised lines which form the design of a cat or lion’s face when viewed with the rounded end downwards. A horizontal line across the top of the design divides the panel with the face from one above which appears to contain a geometric design. The reverse is undecorated but has diagonal striations. It has not been possi…
Created on: Monday 21st May 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nottinghamshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-2B5FE1
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval composite three-piece strap-end, slightly bent, tongue-shaped plates with copper alloy rivet at attachment-end, contains fragment of leather strap and full-width spacer, elaborate terminal comprises two pairs of opposed rectangular notches and two irregular projections from straight end. 14th century.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 3rd January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Buxton with Lammas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-2C7CB2
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The terminal fragment of a copper-alloy strap end most likely to be late early medieval or Viking Age in date. Of Gabor Thomas type E, 900-1100 AD in date. The rest of the strap end is now missing due to an old break. The strap end is tongue-shaped, with a tapering rounded terminal end, it measures 18.66mm in surviving length and 25.15mm in width. It is open work and the front face is moulded, there are five surviving openwork roughly oval-shaped holes through the terminal and around them curvilinear grooves.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 20th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Soham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-2C8A83
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval tinned or silvered strap-end from harness, rectangular, folded widthways with secured by single integral rivet projecting from reverse of front plate, 13 x 30mm. Although plain, this example is broadly similar to enamelled examples in Ashley (2002), fig.14, nos. 119-20.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 3rd January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Buxton with Lammas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-324306
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy strap end dating from the tenth or eleventh century. The strap end is sub-rectangular with one end rounded (tongue shaped). It is 33.7mm long, 17.7mm wide and 4.7mm thick. There is a raised rib or band along the centre longitudinally. This feature defines it as fitting into Gabor Thomas's Class E Type 3 in his classification of Late Anglo-Saxon and Viking-Age strap-ends. There does not appear to be any punched decoration on this example, and the rib does not protrude beyond the end of the plate. The attachment end of the strap end is shaped into three lobes with an iron…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Last updated: Monday 28th April 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-40BCC2
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of possible Medieval strap-end, lower part of rectangular plate with thicker rectangular plate decorated with incised oblique cross-hatching at terminal, secured by two copper alloy rivets. 13 x >21mm.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wymondham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-41AE04
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval composite three-piece strap-end, tongue-shaped plates with copper alloy rivet at attachment-end, through mid-point (and full-width spacer) and through elaborate narrowed cruciform terminal below pairs of opposed lobes, the front plate is broken and sprung above the terminal and decorated with two pairs of transverse lines above and below the central rivet and both containing engraved XIX. 10 x 50mm. 14th century.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gunthorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-41C082
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy composite three-part strap-end, upper end with copper alloy rivet, tongue-shaped plates, full-width spacer secured by copper alloy rivet, rounded terminal with tiny pointed knop. Contains remains of cloth strap. 11 x 23mm. Cf. Dress Access. (2002), fig.96, no.696. 14th century.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hevingham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: YORYM-414CB7
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Circular form copper alloy composite strap end. There is a knop at the terminal end with a worn, raised band around the centre. The forked spacer flares very slightly at the attaching end. There is a perforation in the plates at this end, in addition to two small rivets that are still attached. The plates covering the spacer are undecorated.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Cave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-56CC56
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of Medieval composite strap-end, tongue-shaped plate with remains of copper alloy rivet at attachment-end. 16 x 30mm.
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Postwick', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-69D346
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy strap end from the Early medieval period. The strap end is 35.5mm long, 8.4mm wide and 1.5mm thick, so is narrower than many similar strap ends. It has a pointed and worn zoomorphic terminal and the body of the strap end is decorated with two rows of incised crescents, filling the space within the incised border line. The attachment end would have been split, but both the front and back plates have broken off. It fits into Gabor Thomas's Classification of Strap ends as Class A Type 2 which usually date from the eighth, ninth or tenth centuries, and is described as being…
Created on: Friday 25th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 12th June 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-6BCA42
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval two-piece sheet copper alloy strap-end, triangular in shape with a tiny pointed knop (1mm in length) projecting from the closed end. The strap end measures 27.8x(max)15.6mm and weighs 1.93g. At the open end a single rivet in the centre holds the two plates together. There is another rivet at the closed end. The closed end is slightly curved. A piece of textile survives intact between the two sheets. In colour it is a light beige, its weave is quite thick. Probably 13th/ 14th century in date.
Created on: Friday 25th May 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 25th October 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-6F7BF0
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A composite medieval strap end of unusual form. There a four rivets, and a spacer bar at the outer end. The inner end, adjacent to the strap is decorated with a series of nicks, giving a wavy outline.
Created on: Friday 25th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CORN-A01AE5
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Single sheet copper alloy tongue-shaped strap-end, folded lengthways and tapering to a fleur de lis knop at its terminal. The folded side of the strap-end has split open from the middle to the upper attachment edge. There is one rivet hole just below the attachment edge with the rivet still extant, attaching the two ends of the strap-end together. The surfaces of the strap-end are quite scratched, but one face appears to have some crude decoration of diagonal lines with some cross-hatching towards the terminal end. Egan (2002) illustrates similar examples on page 131, Nos.605 & 606, w…
Created on: Monday 28th May 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2019
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: YORYM-C0DE16
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy strap end from the Early Medieval period. The strap end shows a zoomorphic decoration in a panel, although the object is corroded and this is difficult to distinguish. The terminal is also zoomorphic with a squared snout. At the broken end of the object a curved, incised line is visible, probably the bottom of a trilobate design. The object shows similarities to a strap end from South Newbald; figure 6.3.5 in the Leahy's 'Middle Anglo-Saxon Metalwork from South Newbald' in Geake and Kenny (2000).
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2007
Last updated: Friday 23rd April 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pocklington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-C51274
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A slightly damaged copper-alloy strap-end of middle to late Early-medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date. This piece is classified as a Thomas type A strap-end (G. Thomas; 2003). The heavily stylised decorative content suggests that it may be a late example of the type. The object as a whole is roughly eliptical in form. The open attachment end consists of two thin plates with a central space for the now-missing leather strap. The upper edge of the back plate has a rounded top edge, whilst the opposing part of the front plate is missing. Each plate has a pair of small circular holes. The major…
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fincham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-D48B13
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A plate from a composite strap end of medieval date. The plate is rectangular with a circular cut-out and two rivets at the attachment end.
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-E7A252
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably an incomplete cast copper alloy Anglo Scandinavian Early Medieval strap end. Only the terminal of the bifurcated strap end survives as the plates split just above the terminal and are truncated at this point. Only an incomplete rivet hole survives on one face. The urnes style moulded zoomorphic animal head terminal is the same on both faces and has rounded ears, ring and dot eyes and a rounded snout with a ring and dot in the centre. The surviving length is 27.6mm, the width is 9.4mm, the thickness is 7.1mm and the weight is 6.52g.
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2007
Last updated: Sunday 23rd March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-E964A7
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of copper alloy medieval strap-end, consisting of part of the upper (decorated) plate only. It measures 25.2x(max)21.4mm and weighs 2.68g. The open end has a circular aperture at the centre and two in situ rivets either side. On the reverse there is much corrosion around these. The strap end narrows to a recent-ish break 16.2mm in width. The fragment is decorated with a groove running along the centre of the strap-end. From this to either side are diagonal lines alternating between turning upwards and downwards to create rough diamond shapes. Between these the area is fi…
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-EAEE14
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete unusual Middle Saxon strap-end of Thomas’s class J, formed from one piece of folded metal, broken across a rivet-hole through the attachment edge, upper part missing. The sides run parallel from the fold before narrowing to a bar with transverse mouldings. A sunken panel on the face is engraved with cross-hatching as keying-in for niello, traces of which remain. 9 x >29mm. Cf. strap-ends of similar type although without niello panels, from Harling HER 6033 (EAA 74, fig.41 no.74), Barton Bendish (HER 17212), Bawsey (HER 25962 context 2070), North Creake (HER 11707), Shropha…
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Whissonsett', grid reference and parish protected.