Record ID: BH-44ED75
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy strap-end, dating from the Late Early-Medieval period. Beneath the strap-end's split attachment end, the two sides bow outwards, reaching a maximum width halfway down, after which they converge towards the basal terminal. The lower two thirds of the strap-end are solid; in the upper third it bifurcates, creating a central gap flanked above and below by two plates of equal form. A pair of rivet holes is located a short distance down from the scalloped top side of the attachment, with opposing holes in the lower plate. An incised, pelta-shaped panel of decoration is lo…
Created on: Monday 13th January 2014
Last updated: Monday 16th March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ravensden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-402DE7
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy composite elongated tongue-shaped strap-end consisting of six elements, two full-width sheet spacers of the same shape, two outer sheet plates and addititional pieces at the knop in the form of stylised animal heads with engraved features and drilled eyes. The latter are secured with solder. Two rivets hold the other pieces together, one near the attachment edge and one between the first of two pairs of lateral cut-outs before the knop. Two holes, one incomplete, near the corners of the attachment edge, were probably an unsuccessful first attempt at securing the …
Created on: Monday 13th January 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-401C01
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy strap end fragment. Cast sub-rectangular openwork plate with twelve rounded apertures evenly distributed either side of a central spine. The decorative scheme gives out at a lightly stepped edge, and the object is bifurcated hence, with part of its divided extent lost at a jagged and possibly recent break. The scheme relates to Anglo-Scandinavian zoomorphic, serpentine or vegetal motifs. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 900-1000. Length: 43.7mm, Width: 19.8mm, Thickness: 4.6mm, Weight: 14.00gms.
Created on: Monday 13th January 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 17th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-400AC2
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a medieval copper alloy composite strap-end, tongue-shaped sheet front plate with elongated terminal knop, copper alloy rivet at attachment end, above oblique engraved rocker-arm lines forming a V-shape, and empty rivet-hole above basal knop. Width 12.5mm. Length 42.5mm. 0.5mm thick. 14th century.
Created on: Monday 13th January 2014
Last updated: Monday 13th January 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-3BEB22
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Late Saxon lead tongue-shaped strap end, broken across the start of the split end. The front face is decorated in counter-relief with a symmetrical looped motif, a rudimentarily foliar design, similar to, but more simplified than that on a strap end from Lincolnshire (LIN-D17C3C). The reverse, entirely covered with longitudinal ribs, is comparable with an example from Sandringham, Norfolk (NMS-54F4CO). Extant length 31mm. Width 28.5mm. 10th century. Field L10
Created on: Monday 13th January 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2016
Spatial data recorded.