Record ID: SF-96B834
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An oval copper-alloy object, probably a strap-slide of late Anglo-Saxon date. The object is flattish, and incomplete on a small part of the circumference due to old breaks. It is also slightly curved, to give a convex appearance on the outside. There is a raised rib of metal running along the long axis, approximately 1.75mm in thickness and 4.65mm in width. The metal of the rib has a reddish tinge and is decorated with eight separate ring-and-dot motifs. These also cover the entire front surface in a haphazard way. The rib turns at right angles at the edge of the disc, and projects be…
Created on: Monday 17th August 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 7th May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hintlesham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF1458
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy mount, possibly a strap-fitting; flat plate with a central diamond-shaped element flanked by a pair of trilobate terminals, both pierced by circular rivet holes through their central lobes; the base of each central lobe is provided with a transverse collar and the central diamond with an engraved inner contour. The terminals which are based on a Scandinavian Ringerike-style union-knot motif mark this object out as most likely Anglo-Scandinavian in origin.
Created on: Wednesday 16th February 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK CODDENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3665
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy strap-end. The finder reported that when found, the terminal was missing; he ground down the broken edge which has resulted in the destruction of a considerable amount of important detail. The attachment end is split and shaped into two lobes, each with a rivet hole. One copper-alloy rivet survives; the other hole is obscured by hard soil encrustations. There does not appear to be a 'fan-shaped' motif below the rivet holes; instead, a broad central groove starts immediately below and runs down to the ground edge. To either side are silver wire scrolls set into a dark …
Created on: Friday 13th October 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK NEWMARKET', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3949
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Unidentified object, perhaps a mount from a strap, made from a piece of copper-alloy strip folded in half and secured by a 5 mm long neat cylindrical copper-alloy rivet. Both ends are broken. Both halves of the strip are decorated with ring-and-dot motifs, the shorter having three and the longer having four (perhaps broken at the dot of the fourth, or at a second rivet hole). The fold (a smooth curve) has the corners cut off and holds a ring made of circular-section copper-alloy wire, the ends not quite meeting, 10 mm in diameter. There are similar medieval examples of narrow mount…
Created on: Monday 27th November 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK PARHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF5246
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Three small copper-alloy strap loops still attached to a small copper-alloy ring. Each strap loop is made from a piece of circular-section bronze rod, bent into a loop, with the ends flattened and pierced to take two iron rivets each. There is a tiny split at the junction of one flattened end with its loop and this may show that the ends were made by folding a longer flattened part in half. The two best-preserved loops are each 7 mm wide and 17 mm long; the other is slightly bent out of shape, 8 mm wide and 18 mm long. The diameter of the rod used is nearly 2 mm and the flattened e…
Created on: Thursday 19th April 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK CODDENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF6617
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Small strap-end made from two pieces of copper-alloy sheet. One end is 7 mm wide and cut straight across, and here the two pieces are held together by a single copper-alloy rivet. Both sheets then flare slightly to 8 mm wide, and one is decorated with a longitudinal row of four ring-and-dot motifs. The end is then cut into three facets, two at an angle and the central one straight across. The decorated sheet has three small nicks in the edges of the two side facets. Although there is no obvious means of joining the two sheets at this end, it is possible that they could have been so…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd August 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK CODDENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-BB4D92
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy mount. This mount consists of a central part, which is circular in plan, measuring 18mm in diameter, the front face of which projects in a triangular shape, which is 7mm in height, and is decorated with grooves radiating downwards from its tip. The back face is concave and undecorated. There were probably originally four protrusions projecting from this central part, three of them are still complete. The protrusions form evenly spaced opposing pairs, they are 8mm in length, 5mm in width and taper to a point. They appear to be small animal heads, the fron…
Created on: Friday 9th May 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stoke Ash', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF10341
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy strap fitting, 31mm in length and 16mm in width. This object is flat and almost triangular in shape, it tapers to a point and the wider end is incomplete due to an old break. The front face is decorated with an repousse interlace design, consisting of a plait of pairs of raised lines, within a boarder groove. The back face is undecorated. Although no direct parallel for this object could be found it is likely to be a strap fitting of some kind, either a strap end or perhaps a mount of some kind. Its decoration is similar to that found on strap ends and mounts…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd January 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'MILDENHALL', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF8220
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Small strap-end made from two pieces of corroded copper-alloy sheet. Both pieces are roughly the same shape; they are joined together at one end by a large corroded copper-alloy rivet, and perhaps some solder as well. The plates are widest (8.5 mm wide) at the riveted end, and taper to 4 mm wide at the other end, where the plates are 2.5 mm apart. The strap-end is 29 mm long. No decoration can be seen on either plate. The shape is unusual and, combined with the lack of decoration, makes this object hard to date; it may perhaps be Anglo-Saxon or medieval.
Created on: Tuesday 26th February 2002
Last updated: Wednesday 19th October 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WYVERSTONE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF10754
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy mount, 37mm in length and 24mm in width with a thickness of 6mm. On the front face grooves depict a horse and its rider, the horses head is bent and its reins are clearly seen, open work circular perforations highlight its legs and neck. The rider and the folds of his clothes can be seen, the knees are bent, the arms are raised and bent and perhaps a drinking vessel is being held in the hands. The head is worn but complete. The back face of this mount is flat and undecorated. Barry Ager, at the British Museum, was consulted about this interesting mount and he believes th…
Created on: Thursday 6th March 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'PARHAM', grid reference and parish protected.