Record ID: SF-71432C
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete cast lead-alloy strap end dating to the late Early Medieval period, c. 900-1100, belonging to Thomas' (2000) class E, type 1ai; 'Tongue shaped strap ends decorated in the Winchester style, demonstrating inhabited foliate designs with the decoration oriented so that the tongue is lowermost'. As stated, the strap-end is tongue-shaped in plan view and plano-convex in section, its upper surface demonstrating raised zoomorphic decoration. It consists of two conjoined elements: a thinned upper section demonstrating two adjacent circular apertures-the lower section of this…
Created on: Monday 29th October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hopton', grid reference and parish protected.