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Record ID: SF-942E91
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy probable medieval swivelling strap fitting. The object consists of a circular cross-sectioned hoop with a oval section projecting from one side. There is a circular hole, c.7mm at its widest point, through the centre of the oval section. The circular hole is faceted on both faces, suggesting that a moveable component was attached here originally. The cross-section of the hoop would also be unusual for a finger ring, suggesting a more practical function. It appears to have decoration on both sides of the frame of the hoop, leading to the oval projection, pos…
Created on: Friday 12th April 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sibton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-2F21B5
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy strap fitting of probable Medieval date. It is rectangular in shape, made out of a sheet, with a circular hole at one end, and the remains of another hole at the break end. There is a thin folded sheet at the top with the remains of an iron pin in situ. There is evidence of gilding on the surface.  Width 42.17mm Length: 21.70mm Weight: 5.00g
Created on: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cotton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-73EC96
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy hooked strap mount, probably dating from the medieval period. The attachment end consists of a rectangular head with two integral lugs on the reverse. The terminal end is hooked rearward, and has a squared off end. There is evidence of gilding. Length 38.74mm, width 8.64mm, thickness 4.00mm. Weight 11.72g.
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 6th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burgh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-1BCD9F
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy swivel strap fitting of Medieval date. Only one loop survives in its entirety, the second loop is incomplete due to old breaks, now worn. The complete loop is D-shaped in form and section, tapering at both sides in stylised zoomorphic terminals. These are in the form of animal heads with crescent shaped ears, prominent and projecting triangular brows with transverse grooves, and elongated snouts. The snouts grasp a straight bar. In the centre of the curved loop there is an integral shaft which passes through/ swivels in a circular hole in the strai…
Created on: Friday 1st March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wetheringsett-cum-Brockford', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-A5E729
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval copper-alloy toggle clasp sword belt fitting dating to circa AD 1500-1700. Plano-convex in section, the extant piece consists of the lower part of the object with a moulded double collar at the apex, terminating in an old break. Below is circular eye with central recessed area containing a rectangular void with an offset side loop.   The complete piece would have formed a two sectioned clasp believed to be from sword belts and hangers. A similar complete example is recorded under Read 2008: 211, no 764 forming Type 7 of the unclassi…
Created on: Wednesday 31st January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 31st January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Felsham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-547E1B
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper-alloy strap fitting (swivel) of medieval date (c.1066-1400). Description: The object remains as one of the zoomorphic terminals and a section of its loop. A stub of the bar projects from the animal's mouth. The animal head is moulded and symmetrical on both sides. It has multiple, deep incised grooves indicating eyes, a snout and low ears which project slightly. A vertical groove runs down the back of the head. The remaining fragment of loop is pointed ellipsoid in cross-section and curved in plan. The frame has a medium green patina…
Created on: Monday 15th January 2024
Last updated: Saturday 3rd February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-717F75
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval copper-alloy strap slide dating to circa AD 1150-1400. Rectangular in plan and section it has two internal projections parallel to the long edge. It has patchy green patina.A similar example is recorded under DUR-DF1BAC. 
Created on: Monday 11th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 16th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wetheringsett cum Brockford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-386CC9
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete of a Post Medieval copper alloy hooked strap-fitting or clothes fastener, c.AD 1500-1700. The openwork fastener is sub-oval in plan, moulded at the front and flat at the rear. This fitting is missing the hook and head of the object, which would have been formed as a possibly female head with radiating hair. The main body of this item has a heart, which is positioned between a pair of breasts formed from two cast curvilinear swirls. Beneath is a small raised sub-circular pellet, which probably represents a rounded stomach. Either side are two sub-oval perforated…
Created on: Thursday 2nd November 2023
Last updated: Monday 27th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-0ECD74
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval copper-alloy strap fitting dating to circa AD 1330-1380. It has a trapezoidal loop with rectangular-sectioned frame. Two  triangular pointed projections oppose one another on the inside edge of the narrower segment of the frame.  Similar examples are depicted in Read 2008: nos 194-204.
Created on: Tuesday 31st October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashfield cum Thorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-CF1B45
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete enamelled copper-alloy late Iron Age to early Roman strap fitting/harness fitting or baldric. The object consist of a penannular loop with a U-shaped section joining the gap. The loop is oval in shape and D-shaped in cross-section with a rounded outer edge and flattened inner edge. It is pierced with a small oval hole through the centre of its upper edge. It has a small gap in the centre of one of the longer sides and a short arm of the same width as the hoop projects downwards to either side. Each arm is C-shaped in cross-section with a concave inner sur…
Created on: Monday 16th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Grundisburgh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-7B163F
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper-alloy strap fitting dating to circa AD 1330-1380. It has a trapezoidal loop with rectangular-sectioned frame. Two  triangular pointed projections oppose one another on the inside edge of the narrower segment of the frame.  Similar examples are depicted in Read 2008: nos 194-204.
Created on: Thursday 12th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 18th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wetheringsett cum Brockford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-54AAE7
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy belt mount or strap fitting of Medieval to Post Medieval date. The mount has a trefoil shaped terminal set beyond two crescentic elements projecting from each edge. In the centre is a circular perforation retaining a separately cast circular-sectioned rivet. The opposite terminal is triangular. The piece is D-shaped in section.  Similar examples are recorded under WMID-44B081 and WMID-447B88 The object measures 29.3 mm in length, 21.8 mm in width, 6.3 mm in thickness including the rivets and 2.4 m on …
Created on: Tuesday 10th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kenton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-B54022
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy medieval multi-component strap fitting. The object consists of three separate sections. One of the two outer sections is a bar mount with loop featuring square plate with an arm projecting from the centre of its inner edge that curves round towards its reverse, culminating in a smaller lozenge-shaped plate. An integral rivet projects from the centre of the reverse of the square plate passing through a hole in the centre of the lozenge-shaped plate and connecting them together. The other outer section consists of a long str…
Created on: Tuesday 15th August 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wetheringsett-cum-Brockford', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-6339DA
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval copper-alloy strap loop fitting dating circa AD 1300-1500. The object is an elongated D-shape. It has decorative knop extending from the apex of the exterior curved edge. The knop has a single narrow collar and is three-dimensional in form.  The interior bar is flat and has an attachment hole in the centre of the base, the hole is torn. Strap loops would have been used to hold down the belt end which had passed through the buckle loop in the same way that modern belts have a loop of fabric (Cassels 2016, 48)
Created on: Friday 11th August 2023
Last updated: Friday 11th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Uggeshall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-7A347D
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy post-medieval sword belt hanger. It is composed of a sub-oval plate with a break at its outer end, a narrow rectangular section positioned transversely across its lower end and a long strip projecting from the centre of the lower edge of this latter section, curving round towards the reverse in a sinuous S-shape. The break at the outer end is probably where a suspension loop was positioned originally.  See PAS records: NARC-B8A095, LEIC-6FB5B3, BERK-09E9C0 and SWYOR-03F4D1 for comparison.
Created on: Monday 31st July 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sibton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-79B545
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy strap fitting of probably post-medieval date. It consists of a long strip bent into a U-shape, becoming narrower at the bend. Each end has two circular holes through it, one above the other. One of these is covered with heavy iron corrosion. Fittings such as these were used for a long period and had a variety of functions, but the style of this example suggests a more recent date.
Created on: Monday 31st July 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sibton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-55B843
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy strap fitting of uncertain date. The object is a horizontally flattened, sub-oval loop shape with one side slightly straighter than the other. It has a pointed oval cross-section. There are areas of greater wear on each longer side, perhaps where a strap was attached originally, suggesting that it may be a section of horse gear. The surface of the metal is heavily worn and corroded. Without further diagnostic details the object is difficult to date precisely as loops such as these were used as strap and harness fittings from the Iron Age onwards. 
Created on: Wednesday 5th July 2023
Last updated: Friday 17th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Langham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-9A455E
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval copper-alloy strap fitting dating to circa AD 1350-1400. It consists of a rectangular-sectioned, rectangular in plan, loop. There is a circular perforation to hold a now missing separate rivet. Similar examples are depicted in Read 2016: pg 26-27, nos 216-221. 
Created on: Monday 26th June 2023
Last updated: Monday 26th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Tattingstone', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-03B52F
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Medieval pendant loop dating to the later 14th century. It comprises an incomplete bar mount and quatrefoil loop. One of the lobes is squared with a recessed bar across its outer end where it is attached to an in situ simple copper-alloy strap mount. Thias is formed of sheet metal and is wrapped around the bar with a rivet hole at either end.  See Egan and Pritchard (1991, 221, fig.138, no.1189) for comparison. These are of later 14th century date (ibid., 26, fig.13). 
Created on: Monday 19th June 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 15th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Benacre', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-B2CF0B
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy medieval strap loop, dating c.1270-1400. It has an in situ copper-alloy rivet with an oval terminal. It is rectangular/slighty trapezoidal with a slightly longer outside edge, similar to an example from excavation in London illustrated by Egan and Prichard (1991, 232, fig.1249).  PAS database similairites with MS-0A703E and SUR-7E729E. 
Created on: Thursday 15th June 2023
Last updated: Friday 7th July 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Covehithe', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-9C91D9
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval strap fitting from a sword belt dating to circa AD 1550-1650. It is S-shaped in plan and circular-sectioned with opposed zoomorphic terminals in the form a snake. It has rounded edges. In the centre is a moulded rounded collar running around the circumference A similar example is depicted in Read 2008: pg 230, no 824. 
Created on: Friday 2nd June 2023
Last updated: Friday 2nd June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Hadleigh', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-CAC634
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper-alloy mount dating to circa AD 1200-1400. The mount is flat, rectangular and decorated with an incised perimeter. A misaligned incised lozenge aodrns the inner area of the perimeter. In the field between the lozenge in the perimeter is incised hatching. At the lateral opposed points of the lozengeare two intact rivets. In the centre is a circular aperture.  
Created on: Tuesday 23rd May 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-B8D837
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Early Medieval copper-alloy strap fitting dating to circa AD 410-1065. It consists of two oval loops in a figure of eight attached together. It has rounded edges and is undecorated. Figure of eight links in the Early Medeival period could have had a range of functions such as the connecting chains of workboxes or relic containers or as chatelaine components recovered from female burials (Geake 1997: figs 4.2; 4.16).
Created on: Monday 22nd May 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 6th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-2787E3
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper-alloy buckle dating to circa AD 1350-1400. It has a D-shaped frame which is rectangular sectioned. On the outer edge projects a rounded knop. A rivet hole is positioned on the inside of the opposite edge.  A similar example is depicted in Read 2016: pg 27, no 224.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd May 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Cavendish', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-27451F
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval copper-alloy strap fitting dating to circa AD 1350-1400. It is rectangular in plan. Three sides are flat. The outer edge is faceted. Two separately made rivets are intact on the opposite edge.  A similar example is depicted in Read 2016: pg 26 no 216. 
Created on: Wednesday 3rd May 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Cavendish', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-25017B
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy medieval strap loop. It is trapezoidal in shape with a small cylindrical attachment loop projecting from the centre of the narrower end. Egan and Pritchard (1991, 26, fig.13) date this type of loop to c.AD 1270-c.1400. Length: 12.51mm, width: 15.25mm, thickness: 2.12mm, weight: 0.88g
Created on: Wednesday 3rd May 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Covehithe', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-21E96D
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval copper-alloy strap fitting dating to circa AD 1350-1400. It is a strap loop with integrally cast rivet. The loop is D-shaped with a plano-convex frame. The bar is rectangular sectioned and has a circular sectioned rivet projecting from from the opposite edge. Similar examples are depicted in Read 2016: pg 26 214-215.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd May 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Clare', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-A64622
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy late Iron Age to early Roman strap distributor. The object comprises a sub-oval central section with a convex outer face moulded in the form of a stylised human head and three flattened rings, each of the same size, projecting at equal intervals from the sides. The decorated central section has a slightly concave reverse and the moulded head on its outer face is decorated with incised grooves creating eyes, a small nose, a mouth and hair. Each loop is c.19mm in diameter and their outer faces are each decorated with a ring of incised dots. It …
Created on: Thursday 27th April 2023
Last updated: Monday 8th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bury St Edmunds', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-6BDB6B
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy ring of bronze Age or later date. It is circular both in cross-section and overall shape. It has a shiny light green patina, which may suggest an early date, but there are no further clues about its date range and these objects were ubiquitous from the Bronze Age onwards.  Diameter: 16.68mm, thickness: 4.72mm, weight: 4.51g
Created on: Wednesday 12th April 2023
Last updated: Monday 8th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Mendham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-44BBB3
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy early medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) bridle bit link from a horse's harness. The object consists of two loops linked by a strip of metal. The reverse face is flattened and the outer face rounded. One loop is sub-circular in shape, whilst the other is oval with three small, rounded, knops projecting from its outer edge, one from each side and one from the outer end. The inner edges of each loop are bevelled. There is evidence of wear to one side of each loop where the metal has become thinner due to the position of a strap. The central strip is …
Created on: Friday 17th March 2023
Last updated: Monday 6th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fressingfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-7A9E08
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval cast copper alloy zoomorphic strap fitting, being part of an S-shaped fastener, D shape in section, in the form of a snake, probably dating to c AD 1550 - 1800. It would have been roughly in the shape of a letter S.  What remains is one loop of the 'snake', with the simplistic form of the head given the appearance of biting the tail, so forming a loop. The fastener has a rough, mid green patina with darker patches where rubbing may have occurred. No detail of other decoration is apparent. An early break in the …
Created on: Monday 30th January 2023
Last updated: Friday 31st March 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-674F3D
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Iron Age copper-alloy strap fitting dating to circa 1000 BC-AD 150. It is square shaped in plan with a plano-convex frame. At each corner on the rounded face of the frame are moulded rounded projections. Each projecting is decorated with incised grooves radiating from the centre giving the impression of a floral design. The object is consistent with having a function as a strap union/junction, similar to examples recorded on the database including BUC-6D8ACD and SOM-06AC71. In both of these cases, broad 1st millennium BC dates are offered, from the Late Bronze Age…
Created on: Tuesday 17th January 2023
Last updated: Thursday 30th March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Stowupland', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-179C67
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval copper-alloy strap fitting dating to circa AD 1350-1400. It is a strap loop with integrally cast rivet. The loop is D-shaped with a rectangular-sectioned frame. The outer edge has an integrally cast rounded knop projecting from it.  Similar examples are depicted in Read 2016: pg 36 223-224. Length: 22.1mm; Width: 13.5mm; Thickness: 3.5mm; Weight: 2.14g.
Created on: Friday 13th January 2023
Last updated: Friday 13th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wattisham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-009F80
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy ring of bronze Age or later date. It is circular both in cross-section and overall shape. It has a shiny light green patina, which may suggest an early date, but there are no further clues about its date range and these objects were ubiquitous from the Bronze Age onwards.  External diameter: 31.89mm, thickness: 5.67mm, weight: 20.03g
Created on: Thursday 12th January 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 15th March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mendham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-FE7607
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval copper-alloy strap fitting dating to circa AD 1270-1350. It is a strap loop with integrally cast rivet. The loop is D-shaped with a plan-convex frame. The bar is rectangular sectioned and has a circular sectioned rivet projecting from it. Similar examples are depicted in Read 2016: pg 26 214-215. Length: 15.8mm; Width: 14.2mm; Thickness: 2.3mm; Weight: 1.35g
Created on: Thursday 12th January 2023
Last updated: Thursday 12th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Badley', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-FE6B90
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval copper-alloy strap fitting dating to circa AD 1270-1350. It is a strap loop with integrally cast rivet. The loop is D-shaped with a plan-convex frame. The bar is rectangular sectioned and has a circular sectioned rivet projecting from it. Similar examples are depicted in Read 2016: pg 26 214-215. Length: 19.9mm; Width: 19.5mm; Thickness: 3.9mm; Weight: 1.90g
Created on: Thursday 12th January 2023
Last updated: Thursday 12th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Badley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-D23851
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper-alloy strap fitting dating to circa AD 1350-1500. . It is formed of a thin sheet of rectangular copper alloy folded in the centre. At the opposite end are two rivet holes missing their rivets which would have joined the plates together. The plate is decorated on one side with two longitudinal grooves positioned either side of the rivet hole edges. After here are a series of incised transverse grooves which run into an old break. The other side is plain. Length: 26mm; Width 7.20mm; Thickness: 1.3mm; Weight: 2.48g.
Created on: Thursday 10th November 2022
Last updated: Thursday 17th November 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Polstead', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-D21E5F
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval copper-alloy strap slide loop dating to circa AD 1350-1400. The loop is D-shaped with a knop projecting from one edge of the frame. The frame is plano-convex in section and plain. Similar examples are illustrated in Read 2016: nos 216-225. Length: 26.1mm; Width 15.8mm; Thickness: 3.1mm; Weight: 2.85g.
Created on: Thursday 10th November 2022
Last updated: Thursday 10th November 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Polstead', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-B12905
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval copper-alloy swivel strap fitting dating to circa AD 1066-1300. The extant piece consists of two now broken opposed loops. One loop is socketed whilst the other carries a circular-sectioned bar enabling the two to be joined. The loops are now survived by pointed stubs.  A similar example is recorded in Griffiths et al 2006: pg 182, pl 35, no 2325 where it is noted that it was recovered from a Norman period contexct and they would likely habve been used as leashes to to restrain pets or farm animals but may also have been used to suspend cooking vessels.&nbs…
Created on: Wednesday 21st September 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 21st September 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Kersey', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-9D03C1
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval strap fitting dating to circa AD 1550-1650. It is S-shaped in plan with rounded faces.  The object is zoomorphic, containing moulded animal-head terminals at either end, incised grooves running down the head and neck possibly indicate the beast is a sea-horse. Where the bodies meet in the centre of the object is a moulded design consisting of two opposed longitudinal grooves flanked by two horizontal oblique grooves.  The object is consistent with an example in Read 2008: pg 230. .Read notes it would have been affixed to a sword belt. …
Created on: Thursday 8th September 2022
Last updated: Thursday 8th September 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Beck Row', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-3BEEB4
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy strap clasp, bent and distorted, trapezoidal, slight indents on both sides corresponding with the twin internal projections, c.17 x c.15mm. Weighs 1.54g. Cf. Dress Access (1991), a trapezoidal version of fig.149, no.1262. Late 13th-14th century.
Created on: Friday 29th July 2022
Last updated: Friday 29th July 2022
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Record ID: SF-17AC32
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval copper-alloy strap fitting dating to circa AD 1550-1800. Now bent and distorted, it would have been S-shaped in plan and broadly rectangular in section with rounded edges. At either end are snake head terminals with moulded pellets for eyes. The mid-section is the widest point and has moulded floral decoration set either side of a thick central transverse groove. The central groove itself has a thinner upper and lower transverse groove set around it. Similar examples are depicted in Read 2008: pg 230 dating to the mid 16th and 17th centuries AD. Ext…
Created on: Tuesday 21st June 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 21st June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NearSutton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-8B15FE
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Post Medieval copper-alloy probable sword belt fitting or hanger dating to circa AD 1550-1700. The object probably represents the mid section of the suspension plate. It is irregular in shape, flat and has a projecting attachment loop for a hanger, now survived by a short stub. The plate has an assymetrical design consisting of a side loop. A similar example is recorded under KENT-AB43DB. Length: 25.4mm; Width: 12.8mm; Thickness: 2.2mm; Weight: 2.33g.
Created on: Tuesday 14th June 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 14th June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Yaxley', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-61F19E
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval copper-alloy sword belt strap fitting dating to circa AD 1550-1700. The extant element is the plate which would have had hanging plates attached to it. It consists of a trefoil terminal and terminates in an old break along the body. The plate is D-shaped in setion. Its front face is decorated with an incised foliate design. One suspension loop hangs offset from the plate which would have had a hanging plate attached. The compete form would have had a symmetrical trefoil terminal at the other end and two or three suspension loops for hanging attachments…
Created on: Thursday 19th May 2022
Last updated: Thursday 19th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Horringer', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-3AD0B9
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Broken, bent and corroded medieval copper alloy strap plate, rectangular, flat-sectioned with the remains of three of four copper alloy rivets, one at each angle, one angle broken, rivet missing, and a central perforation. Length (unbent) 30mm. Width 14.5mm. Thickness 1mm. Cf. Egan and Pritchard 1991, 225-6, fig. 141 no. 1207. Late 14th - early 15th century.
Created on: Tuesday 17th May 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 17th May 2022
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Record ID: PUBLIC-A62C1A
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast silvered copper-alloy strap fitting, possibly a harness hook due to the outward angled hook, of post-medieval to modern date. The object consists of a decorated and hollow backed and decorated front plate with integrally cast hook positioned at 90degrees to the front plate. The reverse has a semi-circular plain plate soldered to the edges of the front plate allowing a space between the two plates perhaps for a strap to be passed between them. The front plate decoration is floral, made up of a central leaf design surrounded by seven separated floral segments. The integr…
Created on: Thursday 28th April 2022
Last updated: Thursday 14th July 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-2BEE91
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy strap or harness fitting of Iron Age date (c. 200-100 BC). Description:The object takes the form of four crescents, two horizontal back-to-back and one on each side to join the top and bottom ends of the centre crescents. This creates fan-shaped appertures on each side. The solid parts of the object are broadly D-shaped in cross section, so that all outside surfaces are rounded and the inside surfaces less so. The object has an all over light-medium green patina and has wear mostly confined to the side edges. Measurements: length: 32.2mm; width: 25.8mm;…
Created on: Friday 22nd April 2022
Last updated: Thursday 28th April 2022
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Record ID: WILT-EBF0A5
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy strap fitting, purpose uncertain, probably Medieval in date. The item consists of two sub rectangular strips of metal, both with early breaks at both ends. They do not 'match', one being wider and slightly thicker and better formed than the other, with a mottled pale green patina. The other has a ragged edge, is slightly longer, and has a darker patina. They are joined by a single rivet close to the centre of one end. Possible textile fragments are held between the two. Dimensions:22.7mm in length overall; 8.8mm in width overall (strip no…
Created on: Thursday 7th April 2022
Last updated: Monday 9th January 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-63CAFD
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy toggle clasp of Early Post Medieval dating, circa AD 1500 to AD 1700. The plate is rectangular in shape with design cut out semi circles and curves along all edges. There is a hole in the centre of the plate near one end for decoration. The plate has an olive green patina. Read (2008) p. 208-9, illustrates similar fittings, nos. 753-5 and classifies them as an Early Post Medieval toggle clasp, type 1. They either had a toggle bar or disc or eye that would have inserted into the other locking them together. Toggle clasps are thought t…
Created on: Monday 7th March 2022
Last updated: Monday 16th January 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-633D85
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post-Medieval copper-alloy sword belt strap fitting dating to circa AD 1550-1700. The top of the plate is tri-lobed with a narrowed waist which expands to shoulders before tapering to a lower narrowed waist and widens again to expanded lower shoulders. A forward-facing curved hook extends down from the plate with a slight bend to one side and curves upwards. The plate is decorated on its front face with an incised foliate motif. Two rivets holes perforate the top and bottom of the plate at the narrowed waists. The terminal of the plain is tre…
Created on: Monday 7th March 2022
Last updated: Monday 16th January 2023
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Record ID: SF-08B690
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval stap fitting dating to circa AD 1550-1700. The extant piece consists of a penanular loop emerging from the base of a flat bar. The bar is sub-rectangular consisting of upper, middle and lower swelled sections. The edges of these sections are turreted. The base is plain. The loop is rectangular sectioned and proceeds vertically from the base before curving inwards at a 90 degree angle.The two terminals are opposed. One has a slight nick on the outside edge. It is similar in form to SWYOR-92DD94 and IOW-DE4427 Length: 24.6mm; Width: 9.4mm; Thickness: …
Created on: Thursday 3rd March 2022
Last updated: Thursday 3rd March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Debenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-3A3C31
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy and iron medieval strap link/junction. It consists of a central oval loop with a rectangular section protruding from either side. Each of these latter sections has a wide central groove on one face. Each end is covered with heavy iron corrosion. For comparison see PAS records: PUBLIC-6DF38E, NLM-59380A, BH-FE4DC9 and WILT-D61BF2 (this example with associated fittings still attached). Length: 15.44mm, width: 10.55mm, thickness: 4.79mm, weight: 2.54g
Created on: Wednesday 9th February 2022
Last updated: Friday 18th March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brockley', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-DA4DCD
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval to Post-Medieval sword belt strap fitting dating to circa AD 1500-1660. The surviving piece consists of one suspension element. The forward facing hook has broken off, leaving a stump on the stem. The plate is broadly shield shaped with a tM-shaped bottom edge. The front face is decorated with a vine and foliate motif set within a recessed panel. At the top are two opposed rivet holes whilst a third central rivet hole is situated at the bottom. Significant traces of iron corrosion surround two of the three rivet holes. The edges are rounded and the reverse is pl…
Created on: Tuesday 11th January 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 11th January 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bures St Mary', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-092B24
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy medieval one piece strap fitting. The object is broadly U-shaped with a curved loop-like base and an elongated rectangular loop at end and an inward-facing projection with a hooked end at the other. The hooked end of the latter projection is crudely shaped like an animal's head and behind this the outer face is decorated with three diagonal grooves, all filled with what appears to be niello, bordered by a transverse groove at either end. Below this the outer part of the lower loop-like lower section is decorated with a raised sh…
Created on: Wednesday 8th December 2021
Last updated: Monday 20th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Blythburgh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-EA3C31
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Roman to Early Medieval copper-alloy belt stiffener dated to circa AD 350-450. It is propeller-shaped and now slightly bent. It consists of an oval centre with two symmetrical sub-trapezoidal extensions projecting from each end. The oval centre has bevelled edges and the edges of the extensions rounded. The projections each contain a circular aperture in the top at the centre. The reverse is flat, so the object is plano-convex in section. The front face is decorated. The centre contains three concentric circles in the centre of which is an annulet. The middle circle is bead…
Created on: Tuesday 19th October 2021
Last updated: Friday 10th December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Finningham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-610078
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy medieval three-part strap fitting/junction/link. It consists of a central annular loop with two separate strap fittings attached to it. Each fitting in U-shaped, consisting of a sub-rectangular plate and a smaller, sub-lozenge-shaped rear plate connected by a narrow curved strip. An integral rivet projects from the centre of the reverse of the larger plate and is situated through a hole in the centre of the smaller plate. The surface of the metal is heavily corroded. See PAS records: BH-841532 and YORYM-BD3881 for comparison. Length: 45.18mm, width: 1…
Created on: Monday 6th September 2021
Last updated: Thursday 13th January 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Felsham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-EF9661
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete possible Medieval strap mount dating to circa AD 1150-1450. It is broadly hour glass shaped with a narrowed mid-section which tapers outwards to the terminals. The terminals are fantail shaped. The piece has flat faces with bevelled edges. The faces are plain. At each end are two circular rivet holes. One copper-ally rivet is intact. The other is missing and the rivet hole and terminal are incomplete; it is now survived by two stubs. Length: 32.8mm; Width: 5.7mm; Thickness: 1.8mm; Weight: 1.66g.
Created on: Wednesday 14th July 2021
Last updated: Friday 3rd September 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-EBBAE8
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
AA complete probable Medieval copper-alloy rectangular strap fitting, possibly a belt stiffener dating to circa 1200-1500. It is rectangular in plan with a rounded front face and flat back face, D-shaped in section. On the front face there are three circular perforations along a transverse central rib. The outer perforations are smaller on diameter than the larger central perforation. The upper and lower portions of the piece or decorated with regularly spaced beads. Length: 16.4mm; Width: 6.5mm; Thickness: 1.4mm; Weight: 0.65g.
Created on: Wednesday 14th July 2021
Last updated: Friday 17th September 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-EAA9A2
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval copper-alloy strap fitting dating to circa AD 1300-1400. it is a asymmetrical double looped strap slide. It consists of a one D-shaped loop and one now incomplete rectangular loop. The two loops are separated by an integrally cast rectangular bar. The outer edge of the from contains a zoomorphic stylised head in the form of a hound. Its ears are laid back and the eyes angled into forward pointing moulded chevrons. Its snout is prominent and its mouth open. The pin is missing and the frame terminates in an ancient break with no outer longitudinal bar. A com…
Created on: Wednesday 14th July 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 14th July 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-80CE6D
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy medieval two-part strap fitting. It is composed of a double-looped fitting with a separate tag attached to one loop. Each loop is rectangular-shaped and a narrow, rectangular bar with a faceted outer face joins them together. Each end of the outer face of each loop is decorated with a transverse groove. The tag is made from two strips of sheet metal folded together. The inner one expands and becomes rounded to one end, the outer is rectangular and shorter. The two are attached together via two in situ copper-alloy rivets. Length: 32.42mm, width: 9.78mm, th…
Created on: Friday 9th July 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 7th September 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Higham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-8052BF
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy medieval strap fitting, probably from a harness. It consists of two long, narrow, parallel plates joined at one end by a loop. Each plate is D-shaped in cross-section with a rounded outer face and the outer face of each terminal is mounlded to formed a rounded section followed by a smaller outer knop. A copper-alloy rivet remains in situ through either end, securing the two plates together. The outer part of the joining loop is almost worn through. See PAS database records: SF-AC8DE9, SF-790245, YORYM-B7107B, NMS-5F65AD. Such objects may often have functio…
Created on: Friday 9th July 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 7th September 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Higham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-71B98C
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Early Medieval strap fitting dating to circa AD 500-600 The item is probably a strap loop. It consists of an open, oval loop at the top-loop. Emerging from the bottom of the loop are two parallel rectangular plates with rounded ends. The plates are joined together by two intact copp-eralloy rivets A good parralel is SF-832B14. The complete object would have looked like SF5246. It finds parallels in similar strap loops from Kent published by Geake (1997: pp. 57-58, fig. 4.17) and probably from chatelaines, as well as examples from Finglesham (Hawkes and Grainger, 2006: …
Created on: Thursday 8th July 2021
Last updated: Friday 24th September 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-6D4CCF
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy medieval strap fitting or strap end component. It is formed from a rectangular piece of sheet metal with two small circular holes through the corners of one end. It has been bent towards one end. Its simple construction makes a number of functions possible, but it's style and patina suggests a medieval date. Length: 43.02mm, width: 22.40mm, thickness: 0.89mm, weight: 4.09g
Created on: Thursday 8th July 2021
Last updated: Monday 13th September 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Higham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-A01263
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper-alloy strap fitting/disc-attachment of Roman to early medieval date. It is disc-shaped with a short projection, seemingly incomplete, to one side and a small circular hole through the centre. The outer face is decorated with two concentric circular grooves around the central hole and a ring of notches alternating with incised triangles around the outer edge. There is no visible means of attachment. Originally the projecting section would have been longer and formed a loop to the rear where a separate loop would have been attached and secured via a rivet through…
Created on: Friday 4th June 2021
Last updated: Thursday 14th October 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bedfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-9FABC7
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy early medieval (late Anglo-Saxon/Anglo-Scandinavian) strap fitting. It is sub-triangular in shape with a long knop projecting from the narrow end and two holes through the centre - the inner sub-triangular and the outer circular. The wider end is W-shaped, complete in the centre with a break at either side. The sides curve inwards slightly with small projecting knops each either end of these curved sections. The outer face of the projecting knop has zoomorphic moulding and its outer tip terminates in a break where the inner edge of a small loop is visible. T…
Created on: Friday 4th June 2021
Last updated: Thursday 14th October 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bedfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-4DA9B6
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Early Medieval copper-alloy strap fitting dating to circa AD 410-1065. It consists of two oval loops in a figure of eight attached together. It has rounded edges and is undecorated. Figure of eight links in the Early Medeival period could have had a range of functions such as the connecting chains of workboxes or relic containers or as chatelaine components recovered from female burials (Geake 1997: figs 4.2; 4.16). Length: 24mm; Width: 9.1mm; Thickness: 2.7mm; Weight: 1.90g.
Created on: Wednesday 19th May 2021
Last updated: Thursday 3rd June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-CF1E4B
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy medieval strap fitting. It is circular in shape with a cruciform aperture through the centre. On one face there is a recess at the end of each arm of the aperture, presumably where separate components would have been attached originally. A small number of similar examples have been recorded on the PAS database inclduing: LEIC-933F6C, NCL-CCD0F4. The latter example still had another component attached to one side confirming that these were the central sections of multiple-component strap fittings. Diameter: 16.84mm, thickness: 3.43mm, weight: 2.79g
Created on: Thursday 13th May 2021
Last updated: Thursday 14th October 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bedfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-AD2C78
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Early Medieval copper-alloy strap fitting dating to circa AD 410-1065. It consists of two oval loops in a figure of eight attached together. A small section of corroded iron sits within both of the loops. Figure of eight links in the Early Medeival period could have had a range of functions such as the connecting chains of workboxes or relic containers or as chatelaine components recovered from female burials (Geake 1997: figs 4.2; 4.16). Length: 23.3mm; Width: 8.8mm; Thickness: 2.8mm; Weight: 1.93g.
Created on: Thursday 29th April 2021
Last updated: Friday 21st May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-AC4B15
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An ?incomplete copper-alloy and red glass inlaid late Iron Age to early Roman strap fitting. The object is semi-circular in shape. Its outer face is decorated with an incised linear border within which there are two raised opposing trumpet coil motifs against a recessed background filled with traces of opaque red glass. To one side of the reverse there is a short, sub-rectangular projection, 11.4mm wide and 6.7mm in length, terminating in a slightly hooked outer end. Behind this there is a rectangular recess across the reverse face. This projection may have been longer origin…
Created on: Thursday 29th April 2021
Last updated: Thursday 11th August 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bedfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-936959
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete probable Medieval copper-alloy strap fitting dating to circa AD 1300-1400. It consists of a socketed anthropomorphic crowned head. The crown consists of six longitudinal incised grooves running from the forehead to the crown. The forehead is separated from the eyes by a V-shaped groove.The eyes are broadly triangular. The triangular nose is moulded. Features below the nose are too worn to discern. Below the chin, is a think, flat splayed neck with grooved border lines on each side It terminates in ancient break, indicating it was probably part of a larger object such as …
Created on: Wednesday 28th April 2021
Last updated: Friday 21st May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-EAE315
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval copper-alloy bar mount strap fitting dating to circa AD 1300-1400. It consists of a 10.4mm diameter loop with an off-set straight bar which locates a thin strip of attachment bar. The attachment bar has been bent around the loop, which is waisted around the loop and then riveted through on a single integral rivet. A similar fitting is at SF-931535 dated to between 1300-1400 AD. Length: 20mm; Width: 10.34mm; Thickness: 3.7mm; Weight: 1.19g.
Created on: Tuesday 20th April 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 20th April 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-855591
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy strap fitting of Post Medieval date. The fitting is sub-rectangular in plan and has one end which is slightly expanded, followed by a narrowing in the centre and straight sided at the other end. Both ends are rounded. The face of the object is very worn, however there are three transverse bands visible, one towards each terminal and a central one. The central band appears to have been tinned or silvered. There are two incomplete integral fixing studs on the reverse, both reduced in size from their original. Length - 25.96mm, Width - 8.21mm, Thickness - 2.41mm , …
Created on: Thursday 15th April 2021
Last updated: Friday 17th December 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-F11C24
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman to Early Medieval copper-alloy propeller-shaped belt stiffener strap fitting dating to circa AD 350-450. It consists of a central roundel flanked by a fantail wedge. The wedge contains a small central perforation (3mm in diameter). A second wedge would have emerged from the other end of the roundel but has now broken off. There is a ring and dot motif incised in the centre of the roundel. Its edges are rounded and its underside is flat and plain. Similar complete examples can be seen at SF-87F0C3; SF-FE50D9 and NLM-78D9D9. They are given a date of late Roman t…
Created on: Thursday 8th April 2021
Last updated: Friday 9th April 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-9D3D97
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval strap fitting associated with a sword belt dating to circa AD 1550-1700. It consists of a broadly rectangular plate containing a single in situ rivet passing through the middle. From one end emerges a forward curved hook. Gilding remains are present on mainly the front face but a small fleck in also on the rear of the hook. It is similar in form to IOW-948568 and OXON-8C0A4C Length: 34.6mm; Width: 10.7mm; Thickness: 1.3mm; Weight: 3.02g.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd March 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-A4D29F
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post-Medieval copper-alloy sword belt strap fitting dating to circa AD 1550-1700. It consists of a flattened plate with trefoil terminal and and rounded hook at the top. The terminal of the hook consists of a rounded knop. The plate is decorated on its front face with an incised foliate motif. Two iron rivets are discernible. The terminal of the plain is trefoil. The back of the plate is flate and significant traces of iron corrosion are evident. The edges of the object are rounded. The artefact is congruent with an example depicted in Read 2008: pg 220, no 793. It wo…
Created on: Monday 15th February 2021
Last updated: Friday 19th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-DCD832
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Post Medieval strap fitting probably from a sword belt. The strap fitting consists of a circular hollow-domed body. A small collared acorn-shaped knop projects at one end with the remains of an iron rivet blocking a hole in its centre. At the opposite end of the body a collared neck narrows sharply in width to form an integral rear facing hook, now missing its tip. Projecting from the rear of the neck is an oval-section 0.5mm long integral stub. A very similar fitting from a sword belt or baldrick has been published in Read, B. Hooked-Clasps & Eyes: (2008) p 227. No …
Created on: Friday 5th February 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 9th February 2021
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: SF-BCE3D1
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval strap fitting dating to circa AD 1550-1650. It is S-shaped in plan with rounded edges. Its faces are flat. The object is zoomorphic, containing animal-head terminals at either end. Where the bodies meet in the centre of the object is a central rounded and grooved knop. The object is consistent with an example in Read 2008: pg 230, no 822 and identical to an example found in East Anglia at NMS-47CA7A.Read notes it would hsve been affixed to a sword belt.  Length: 34.71mm; Width: 18.15mm; Thickness: 4.57mm; Weight: 6.67g.
Created on: Thursday 4th February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 8th September 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-C61CBC
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy belt slide of Post Medieval date (1600-1950 AD). The slide is double looped and rectangular with square corners. The outer bars and central bar are rectangular in cross-section.
Created on: Saturday 23rd January 2021
Last updated: Monday 28th June 2021
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Record ID: SF-790245
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval to Medieval strap fitting dating to circa AD 600-1500. It consists of with a distorted and broken integral loop emerging from one end of two straight parallel bars. The bars are joined together by two intact rivets set at either end of the bars. At the other end, the bars have rounded terminals. Similar items are recorded on the database at NMS-732335 and NMS-D74BAF, noted to be Medieval strap fittings associated with bridle bits. In this regard, they resemble strap loops recorded from 12th to 13th century contexts (Biddle: 1046, nos 3895-3897). Howe…
Created on: Monday 14th December 2020
Last updated: Friday 22nd January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wilby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-F581E9
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of the toggle-end of an early Post Medieval cast copper alloy toggle-clasp, probably dating to c. 16th-c.17th century AD. The toggle-end fragment consists of a raised and protruding toggle bar at one end, followed by a plate including symmetrically cast bifurcated knops on both sides of a small circular rivet hole. The toggle-end fragment ends abrubtly in an old break through the middle of its open work plate. It measures 20.77 mm long, 13.89 mm wide, 4.13 mm thick, and weighs 2.1 grams. See similar examples on the PAS database - SUSS-76BA75 and SUR-DE3097 Read (2…
Created on: Sunday 21st June 2020
Last updated: Thursday 16th July 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-FB00C4
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy bar mount or belt stiffener of Medieval date (AD 1200-1400). The mount is composed of a single bar. The terminals are preceded by slight rounding then narrow out to almost a point. There is a small hole at one end through which a rivet would have held the bar to the belt, the hole at the other end is closed due to corrosion. The fitting is very worn and any decoration that may have been present is now not possible to define. Bar mounts were normally attached transversely in a row on straps or belts, usually evenly spaced, and generally spanning the full width of t…
Created on: Tuesday 9th June 2020
Last updated: Thursday 21st January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-0E02B4
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy probably Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) suspension loop, dating to AD 400-800. it consists of a rectangular plate, which is broken on its upper edge, where there is a remainder of a circular hole. The lower edge of the plate extends in a narrower oval cross-sectioned hook, which turns backwards and is broken at its end; the actual hook might have been originally a loop. The front face of the plate has a transverse groove right at the upper edge, which is tangent to the lower edge of the aforementioned perforation. Also, there are two oblique grooves running fr…
Created on: Friday 29th 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-AB69E3
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Medieval pendant loop, dating to AD 1300-1450. It consists of a circular loop, which has a plano-convex cross-sectioned frame and a collared full rounded knop protruding from its lower edge. The upper edge of the frame is straight with a short protrusion at each end. Cf Egan-Pritchard (1991, p. 221, fig. 138, no. 1192). Length: 17.30mm Diameter: 11.45mm Thickness: 3.35mm Weight: 1.66g
Created on: Tuesday 12th May 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 12th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Horringer', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-AA8373
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Medieval barred mount, dating to AD 1300-1400. The mount is formed of a shield-shaped sheet plate with one straight end and one rounded end. The central part of the plate has a waist; the upper edge of the plate has a transverse sub-rectangular bar-mount secured by means of a copper-alloy rivet, which is still in situ; the bar mount is plano convex in cross-section. The back face of the plate has a further rivet passing through its lower end; the rivet end has an incomplete oval rove. The surfaces are in fair condition. Similar examples can be found illustrated in …
Created on: Tuesday 12th May 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 12th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Horringer', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-29C896
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Early Medieval (Anglo Scandinavian) strap fitting, dating to AD 1000-1100. It consists of an oval loop with a D-shaped cross-section and a protruding plate on one edge. The plate is almost triangular in plan with two small circular loops protruding sideways from its base. The lower and tapered end of the plate has a circular perforation; the front face of the plate probably depicts an animal head, having four short linear grooves to define two pointed ears and a crescentic groove to mark the upper edge of the triangular head. The back face of the plate is un…
Created on: Wednesday 6th May 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 12th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-DC1EB9
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Medieval composite folding clasp, dating AD 1270-1450. It consists an oval frame, which has a restriction on the outside edge and four transverse ridge at the ends of the short sides; the restriction must have housed the folding end. The frame is integrally cast with a forked spacer, which is covered on both sides by two sub-rectangular plates. The plates are soldered to the spacer and taper towards the attachment edge, where they are slightly concave; at the attachment end the plates are secured by a copper-alloy rivet. One of the plate is incomplete. …
Created on: Wednesday 8th April 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-DAF0E6
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Medieval barred mount, dating to AD 1300-1400. The mount is formed of a shield-shaped sheet plate with one straight end and one rounded end. The central part of the plate has a waist; the upper edge of the plate has a transverse sub-rectangular bar-mount secured by means of a copper-alloy rivet, which is still in situ; the bar mount is slightly triangular in cross-section and has bevelled short edges. The back face of the plate has a further rivet protruding from the centre of its lower end; the rivets end have an oval rove. The surfaces are heavily worn. Similar e…
Created on: Wednesday 8th April 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 8th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Monks Eleigh', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-4A843D
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Medieval strap loop, dating to AD 1200-1350. It has a trapezoidal frame which has a rectangular cross-section and an integral sub-rectangular cross-sectioned rivet projecting from the outer edge of the bar. The bar itself has a rectangular cross section. The rectangular cross-sectioned outside edge of the frame is expanded and has a slightly convex front face. For a similar example see Egan-Pritchard (1991, p. 230, fig. 145, no. 1239). Length: 13.54mm Width: 14.14mm Thickness, of the outside edge: 1.35mm Weight: 0.87g
Created on: Friday 20th March 2020
Last updated: Friday 20th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cavendish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-A4425C
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy medieval pendant probably from a bar mount. It is an open quatrefoil shape. The outer edge of one lobe is straight, presumably where it was attached. Egan and Pritchard (1991, 221, fig.138, no.1189) illustrate a similar pendant still attached to a bar mount from excavations in London. They date these to the first half of the 14th century (ibid., 26, fig.13). Length: 11.61mm, width: 11.54mm, thickness: 2.19mm, weight: 0.82g
Created on: Thursday 12th March 2020
Last updated: Thursday 27th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clare', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-A43A6E
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy medieval strap loop. Trapezoidal in shape with a small cylindrical lug projecting from the centre of the outer edge of the narrower side. Egan and Pritchard (1991, 26, fig.13) date this type of fitting to c.AD 1270-c.1400. Length: 12.80mm, width: 13.29mm, thickness: 2.62mm, weight: 0.88g
Created on: Thursday 12th March 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 18th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clare', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-BCE511
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy strap fitting of probable early medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date. It consists of two oval loops attached together in a figure of eight shape. It survives in fine condition with a green patina. Figure of eight shaped fittings are common Anglo-Saxon ancillary harness fittings, holding the reins in place (Fern 2005, 62, fig.5.2), but this simple form was also used in other periods and is likely to have had various functions. Length: 22.76mm, width: 9.36mm, thickness: 2.48mm, weight: 1.11g
Created on: Tuesday 18th February 2020
Last updated: Friday 28th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thelnetham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-BAE0CB
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Medieval strap loop, dating to AD 1200-1300. It consists of a trapezoidal frame with a sub-rectangular cross-section and bevelled outer edges. The frame has two internal projections close to the narrower end and the top edge has a sub-rectangular knop in the middle. These are the earliest form of the typology. Attachment was effected by passing one end of the strap through the narrower end of the aperture below the projections, leaving the wider top part for the other end of the strap (Egan-Pritchard, 1991, p. 231). As Egan-Pritchard (ibidem, p. 234, fig. 149…
Created on: Tuesday 18th February 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 18th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Eriswell', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-D86ABA
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Medieval barred mount, dating to AD 1300-1400. The mount is formed of a shield-shaped sheet plate with one straight end and one rounded end; the sides of the straight end have a V-shaped notch. The central part of the plate has a waist and there is a circular hole on its lower section. The upper edge of the plate has a transverse sub-rectangular bar-mount secured by means of a copper-alloy rivet, which is still in situ; the bar mount is slightly triangular in cross-section and has bevelled short edges. Similar examples can be found illustrated in Egan-P…
Created on: Friday 7th February 2020
Last updated: Friday 7th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Icklingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-07005D
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete section of a cast copper alloy sword belt hanger of Post Medieval date. The object is roughly foliate in form, with moulded decoration forming a leaf pattern, with a trefoil shaped terminal. The original hook at the base is missing from an old break. This would have been one of two or three identical fittings that together formed a hanging arrangement for a sword, date 16th-17th century. The width of the body is 17.9mm with the overall width being 33.5mm, which makes this example a larger version of the usual form of this fitting. There are many similar examples on …
Created on: Tuesday 28th January 2020
Last updated: Friday 14th February 2020
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Record ID: PUBLIC-06A55B
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete section of a cast copper alloy sword belt hanger of Post Medieval date. The object is roughly foliate in form, with moulded decoration forming a leaf pattern, with a trefoil shaped terminal. The original hook at the base is missing from an old break. There is one remaining circular fixing holes, containing the original iron rivet. This would have been one of two or three identical fittings that together formed a hanging arrangement for a sword, date 16th-17th century. There are many similar examples on the PAS , for example GLO-0309F5, SUR-3967CF and SUR-4ACFDA. Th…
Created on: Tuesday 28th January 2020
Last updated: Friday 14th February 2020
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Record ID: SF-EFE375
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Medieval strap loop, dating to AD 1200-1350. It has a trapezoidal frame which has a roughly rectangular cross-section and an integral sub-rectangfular cross-sectioned rivet projecting from the outer edge of the bar. The bar itself has a rectangular cross section and it is slightly bent. The outside edge of the frame is expanded and has a triangular cross-section. For a similar example see Egan-Pritchard (1991, p. 230, fig. 145, no. 1239). The date suggested for the object is AD 1200-1350. Length: 14.30 mm Width: 13.84 mm Thickness: 2.77 mm Weigh…
Created on: Wednesday 15th January 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 15th January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Icklingham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-5C90DF
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Medieval strap loop, dating to AD 1200-1350. It has a D-shaped frame with a sub-rectangular cross-section and an integral conical rivet projecting from the outer edge of the bar. The bar itself has a rectangular cross section. For a similar example see Egan-Pritchard (1991, p. 230, fig. 145, no. 1231). The date suggested for the object is AD 1200-1350. Length: 14.83 mm Width: 18.21 mm Thickness: 2.73 mm Weight: 1.47 g
Created on: Wednesday 8th January 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 15th January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hesset', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-22B7F6
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy late Iron Age strap or harness fitting. It consists of a sub-circular hoop, circular in cross section, with an S-shaped bar across its centre and with raised circular bosses projecting at regular intervals from one face and a rectangular loop from one side of the other face. The centre of the S-shaped bar is formed from two trumpet shapes each expanding towards the centre where they meet a circular boss, its outer face encircled by a groove and its reverse face concave. The outer face of each of the lateral circular bosses is similarily decorated with encirclin…
Created on: Thursday 12th December 2019
Last updated: Friday 10th January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Freckenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-130185
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman strap mount, dating to AD 43-402. It consists of a drop-shaped plate, which has a rounded knop at the tapered end. The back face of the mount is concave and has a integrally cast rectangular loop; the loop frame has a rectangular cross-section and it is slightly bent Length: 33.80 mm Width: 17.72 mm Thickness of the plate: 2.51 mm Weight: 6.54 g
Created on: Friday 29th November 2019
Last updated: Friday 13th August 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Flixton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-D4245D
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy probably Roman strap fitting, dating to AD 43-410. It consists of a disc with a sub-rectangular cross section, which has an integrally cast narrower tab protruding from its lower edge; the base of the protrusion bears an unclear iron rod/rivet completely covered by iron corrosion products. The back face of the disc has a rectangular loop with a rectangular cross-sectioned frame; the latter is set along the longitudinal axis of the object. No other parallels have been found. Length: 28.33 mm Diameter of the disc: 18.76 mm Width of the tab:…
Created on: Thursday 14th November 2019
Last updated: Friday 13th August 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Polstead', grid reference and parish protected.