Record ID: SF-7F8383
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An unusual lead strap end, possibly a test or template. It is rectangular in shape, measuring 23mm in length and 20mm in width. It has a split attachment end, the front face of which has two parallel circular indentations, one near to each corner, which do not perforate the back face. Below these indentations there is are two parallel rectangular incisions, and beneath these the terminal end is decorated with a central zoomorphic head, with oval shaped hollows to either side of it. This head is facing forwards, has pointed ears and snout. The back face of this strap end is flat and un…
Created on: Monday 29th September 2003
Last updated: Sunday 2nd March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mellis', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF6516
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of large relief-decorated strap-end made of lead. There is a slanting break about halfway down the strap-end, and the attachment end is missing leaving just some ?tapering sides and the rounded end. The surviving fragment is flat on the reverse and decorated on the front; around the edge is a border of half-pellets, and within is a curvilinear, possibly Urnes-style, motif. This is unclear, but when viewed with the rounded end uppermost appears to consist of a bird with head turned back slightly at the centre of the rounded end, standing within a coil of tendrilly plant stem, …
Created on: Thursday 2nd August 2001
Last updated: Saturday 1st August 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK HEPWORTH', grid reference and parish protected.