Record ID: SF-5CDCB5
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Early Medieval strap end, dating to AD 500-700. It consists of a sub-rectangular plate, which tapers towards a triangular terminal. The attachment end has a V-shaped slot and a circular perforation, in order to secure the strap. The section of the strap end where the slot is has a sub-rectangular cross-section and has an engraved decoration on the front; the latter consists of two transverse grooves on the attachment edge and three parallel ones just before the triangular terminal. The panel defined by these sets of grooves bears an incised X-shaped cross (St. Andrew's …
Created on: Friday 26th June 2020
Last updated: Friday 14th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bromeswell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-5BA47B
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy fragment of an Early Medieval zoomorphic strap end, dating to AD 750-950. It is the lower end of the plate; it is sub-triangular in plan and has a transverse and old break on the upper edge. The front face of the terminal has a cast decoration depicting a downwards facing animal head; the fragment of the plate above that is decorated with three longitudinal oval panels. The fragment has traces of niello inlay in the recessed eyes of the animal, its forehead and on two of the three panels mentioned above. The back face is flat and bears traces of silvering. The surfaces…
Created on: Friday 26th June 2020
Last updated: Friday 14th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bromeswell', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-08CEBE
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy fragment of a Medieval strap end, dating to AD 1270-1450. It is one of the two plates of the strap end; it is sub-rectangular and tapers towards the lower end. The latter has a waist and a broken three-arm terminal. The attachment end has a circular perforation; the surfaces are slightly dented. Length: 40.28mm Width 10.62mm Thickness: 1.01mm Weight: 1.76g
Created on: Monday 22nd June 2020
Last updated: Monday 22nd June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lidgate', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-F2F2A6
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Medieval strap end, dating to AD 1300-1450. It consists of two very worn sub-rectangular plates and the spacer plate. The strap end is made from two sheets of copper alloy, held together by two separate copper-alloy rivets, one at the attachment end, now missing, and one at the terminal which is centrally located. The spacer plate is complete and has survived well but the two copper alloy plates are in a very worn state. The attachment end of the strap end is square the plates are sub rectangular, tapering towards the closed terminal which has curved shoulders. There is…
Created on: Sunday 21st June 2020
Last updated: Thursday 16th July 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-E3B015
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy Medieval strap end, dating to AD 1300-1450. It consists of two of the sub-rectangular plates and a complete forked spacer. The sheets are held together by two separate copper-alloy rivets, one at the attachment end and one at the terminal, both central at their respective ends of the sheets. The forked spacer plate is complete. The plates are sub rectangular, tapering towards the closed terminal which has rounded shoulders and terminates with a small knop. The rear face is the same dimensions as the front face. The upper end has two triangular cut outs; the riv…
Created on: Saturday 20th June 2020
Last updated: Thursday 16th July 2020
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Record ID: PUBLIC-E37412
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Medieval strap end, dating to AD 1300-1450. It consists of one remaining sub-rectangular plate, the other plate and forked spacer now missing. The remaining plate shows two copper-alloy rivets, one at the attachment end and one at the terminal, both central at their respective ends of the sheets. The plate is sub rectangular, tapering towards the closed terminal which has curved shoulders and terminates with a small knop. The face of the plate is undecorated. The strap end is a generally a dark green colour. See Egan and Pritchard (2002, 147) no. 701, a…
Created on: Saturday 20th June 2020
Last updated: Thursday 16th July 2020
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Record ID: PUBLIC-E333FD
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy Medieval strap end, dating to AD 1300-1450. It consists of two of the sub-rectangular plates and a complete sheet space plate. The strap end is made from three pieces, two sheets of copper alloy, and a forked spacer. The sheets are held together by two separate copper-alloy rivets, one at the attachment end (holding the fabric strap, part of it still present) and one at the terminal, both central at their respective ends of the sheets. The forked spacer plate is complete. The plates are sub rectangular, tapering towards the closed terminal which has rounded sho…
Created on: Saturday 20th June 2020
Last updated: Thursday 16th July 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-E2C737
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Medieval strap end, dating to AD 1300-1450. It consists of two of the sub-rectangular plates and part of the sheet space plate. The strap end is made from two sheets of copper alloy, held together by two separate copper-alloy rivets, one at the attachment end and one at the terminal, both centrally located. There is a small piece of the original spacer plate being held in place with the frontal rivet. There is a small section of the rear plate broken adjacent to where it was originally held by the rear rivet. The plates are sub rectangular, tapering towards the closed t…
Created on: Saturday 20th June 2020
Last updated: Thursday 16th July 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-A1AFA3
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Early Medieval strap end, dating to AD 800-1000. It consists of a sub-triangular thin plate, which terminates with a cast animal head on the front face; the attachment end is broken but retains the lower part of the V-shaped slot through which the strap would have been secured to the plate. The surfaces are heavily worn and the plate has a transverse crack right above the animal head. It belongs to Thomas' Class A, Type 1 (2004, p. 3, fig. 1). Length: 50.89mm Width: 14.78mm Thickness: 1.29mm Thickness at the head terminal: 2.43 …
Created on: Wednesday 17th June 2020
Last updated: Monday 10th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Offton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-A0D466
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy Medieval strap end, dating to AD 1270-1450. Only one sheet of the strap end survives; that is sub-rectangular in plan and slightly tapering towards the lower end, where there is waist followed by a three-lobe terminal. The attachment end has a circular rivet hole at the centre of the edge. The front face of the plate is decorated with four incised zigzag lines; two are on the long edges and the other two come down the surface in a zigzag pattern, crossing each other and creating a central line of lozenges. Cf other examples on this database: SF-1BE35…
Created on: Wednesday 17th June 2020
Last updated: Thursday 18th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Offton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-FAADCD
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy composite strap end of medieval date ( 1300-1400 ) made from two sheets that are riveted either side of a forked spacer.There is a small tongue shaped knop terminal. There is an old break around where a single copper alloy rivet would have been for attachment, now missing. There are two small copper rivets at the base end of the strap end joining the two sides together. The strap end has an even light brown colour.
Created on: Tuesday 9th June 2020
Last updated: Thursday 16th July 2020
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Record ID: SF-FA88D9
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Medieval strap end, dating to AD 1270-1450. It consists of two sub-rectangular plates, which are held together by two copper-alloy rivets at the ends. The front plate is almost complete bearing on its back face the rivet at the attachment end. Only the lower half of the back plate survives and it is still secured to the front plate by one rivet. The lower end of the plates is slightly rounded and the back face still has a central pointed knops. The surfaces are worn. For shape and construction see Egan-Pritchard (1991, p. 133, fig. 86, no. 611). Cf SF-7…
Created on: Tuesday 9th June 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 9th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nedging', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-4F2401
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) strap end, dating to AD 800-1100. It consists of a triangular plate, which has a sub-rectangular cross-section and tapers towards the lower end. The attachment end is socketed and there are two copper-alloy rivets, arranged in a line along the longitudinal axe of the plate. The back face is flat and shows that the riveted portion of the socket has breaks along the sides and lower edge, also, it has a different and lighter green patina compared to the rest of the plate. The front face of the plate is decorated with a series of engraved obliqu…
Created on: Monday 1st June 2020
Last updated: Monday 10th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pakenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-0DA766
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Early Medieval zoomorphic strap end dating to AD 800-1100. It consists of a sub-rectangular narrow plate, which tapers slightly flares towards the attachment end where it splits with a V-shaped slot. Only the back edge of the slot survives and it has two circular perforations, which are arranged in a line parallel to the edge itself and would have housed the rivets to secure the plate to the strap. The front edge breaks through two similar perforations. The front face of the plate has three transverse grooves at the base of the flaring portion (the base of the V-sh…
Created on: Friday 29th May 2020
Last updated: Friday 21st August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Monks Eleigh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-0D4EC4
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Early Medieval zoomorphic strap end dating to AD 800-1100. It consists of a sub-rectangular narrow plate, which tapers slightly flares towards the attachment end where it splits with a V-shaped slot. Only the back edge of the slot survives and it has two circular perforations, which are arranged in a line parallel to the edge itself and would have housed the rivets to secure the plate to the strap. The front face of the plate has three transverse grooves at the base of the flaring portion (the base of the V-shaped slot) and further three grooves just above the zoom…
Created on: Friday 29th May 2020
Last updated: Friday 21st August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Monks Eleigh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-E7E5E6
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy probably Medieval strap end, dating to AD 1250-1450. It consists of two rectangular sheets of metal which are secured to a solid rectangular spacer by means of copper-alloy rivet at one broken end. The opposite end is broken as well and each sheet has a fragment of a possible frame for an openwork design. The front face of one of these fragments has a transverse groove at its base. The surfaces have traces of silvering. The strap end is damaged and slightly bent. The fragments at one end of the sheets suggest that the object could have been a buckle, be…
Created on: Wednesday 27th May 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 26th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Monks Eleigh', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-E719C3
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Medieval strap end, dating to AD 1270-1450. It consists of a rectangular strip of metal, which has been folded widthways and slightly tapers towards the fold. The two faces of the strip were secured to the strap by means of a copper-alloy rivet at the centre of the attachment end; the front face of the latter has two transverse grooves, roughly defining the upper and lower edge of the rivet. The surfaces are worn. Cf Egan-Pritchard (1991, p. 127, fig. 183, nos. 578, 585, 587). Length: 9.85mm Width: 9.83mm Thickness of the strip: 0.66mm …
Created on: Wednesday 27th May 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 27th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Monks Eleigh', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-E6D7EA
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Medieval strap end, dating to AD 1270-1450. It consists of a rectangular strip of metal, which has been folded widthways and has a wide gaps at the fold. The plates have a perforation at each corner and a further in the centre; one at the corner still houses a dome-headed rivet, while the others are partially blocked by rivets fragments. Both faces of the strap end are decorated with a double line of opposite punched triangles running along the attachment edge and the long sides; in fact, the fold edge does not have a decoration. The aforementioned lines are…
Created on: Wednesday 27th May 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 27th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Monks Eleigh', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-D28991
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Medieval strap end with forked spacer, dating to AD 1250-1450. It consists of two rectangular sheets of metal, which are soldered to the forked spacer and further secured with a copper-alloy rivet at their lower end. The forked spacer has a collared oval terminal. The sheets are damaged and slightly bent at their upper edge. Cf Egan-Pritchard (1991, p. 144, fig. 94, nos. 676, 680). Length: 27.67mm Width: 10.59mm Thickness: 3.09mm Weight: 2.38g
Created on: Tuesday 26th May 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 26th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Monks Eleigh', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-799E44
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Medieval strap end, dating to AD 1300-1450. It consists of one of the sub-rectangular plates and the solid spacer; although the back of the spacer retains a small fragment of the other plate still preserved at the lower end. Both elements terminate with a central knop and are secured by soldering; it is not clear if there is a rivet just above the terminal knop. The outer face of the spacer retains traces of soldering. The surface of the plate is badly worn. Cf Egan-Pritchard (1991, p. 147, fig. 96, nos. 692, 698). Length: 28.38mm Width: 9.80…
Created on: Friday 22nd May 2020
Last updated: Friday 22nd May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Monks Eleigh', grid reference and parish protected.