Record ID: DEV-6DE2C4
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval to early post-medieval sheet copper-alloy strap-fitting of uncertain function (c. 15th-early 16th century). It comprises two, thin shield-shaped plates held together by two rivets, central on either side of a keyhole-shaped openwork on the back-plate; the front plate is solid. There is cusping at the top of the shield and also at the terminal, around the central point. The surfaces of the strap-fitting are apparently plain, though corroded. Measurements: weight 14.3 g The aperture, although keyhole-shaped, would not have taken a key as there is no corresponding a…
Created on: Thursday 5th January 2023
Last updated: Friday 13th January 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DEV-E37C8A
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete white metal coated copper-alloy Roman belt mount (strap-fitting) of 1st-century date. Around 30% of the original mount has been lost to old breaks, at one short end, but also the adjacent longer sides. At the other end, the short side is seemingly intact, with a raised transverse strip; the recessed reverse may have retained a separate rod. The mount is formed of a thin, pressed sheet plate a raised concentric circle design having covered most of the field. This was formed of a central pellet in a dished recess with a raised ring around, at approximately the same hei…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd November 2022
Last updated: Thursday 24th November 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Axmouth CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-B995F8
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval cast copper-alloy strap-slide, c.1150-1400 AD. The slide consists of a single, sub-rectangular loop with a pair of opposed internal sub-triangular projections about a third of the way up the sides of the frame. The frame is rectangular in cross-section. The frame is slightly asymmetrical and measures 12.2 mm long, 14.2 mm wide and 1.6 mm thick. It weighs 0.80 g. Egan and Pritchard (1991, 234) illustrate a number of similar examples, including ref. 1256 and ref. 1259 which they assign to a late 12th to late 14th century date. They note that these strap loops are th…
Created on: Friday 13th March 2020
Last updated: Friday 27th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cheddar CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-2F7696
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A complete copper-alloy swivel strap fitting of medieval date c. 1200-1400. The fitting comprises a pair of D-shaped loops which are connected in such a way that they can each swivel. Each loop has with zoomorphic heads biting a central internal boss. The heads have prominent brows and expanded jaws. One of the bosses has an integral bolt that emerges from the centre of its base, the bolt narrower than the base of the boss. The bolt fits into a large circular perforation which almost fills the boss on the other loop. The metal has a variable mid-green patina and is worn. Similar…
Created on: Friday 25th October 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 12th November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sixpenny Handley CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-8B0567
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A complete copper-alloy strap distributor, bent to one side at one end (c. 10th-11th century). It is formed of two opposing strap loops, broadly triangular, with external recessed strap bars, which are connected by a central moulded animal head. The animal is viewed en face and is cat like, with small, slightly pointed ears, and two converging curved ridges which form both the eyebrows and nose; they do not meet. In profile the animal head can be seen to have gaping jaws. Emerging from the jaws, mirrored behind each ear, is an outcurving tendril. These have bevelled sides. On the …
Created on: Thursday 18th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 7th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gussage All Saints CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-75D66D
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A worn and corroded copper-alloy strap-fitting of medieval date. The artefact has a sub D-shaped frame with central internal projection from its outer edge. The incurved outer edge effectively consists of a pair of semicircles which converge in this projection which terminates in a slightly expanded knob. The front of the object is bevelled slightly both externally and internally on the front; the reverse is flat. Around the bar part of a sheet plate has been retained; since it is partial the artefact can be considered incomplete, although the frame is an intact component. The plate i…
Created on: Wednesday 17th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 17th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gussage St. Michael CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-721549
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy artefact of c. 11th-century date, probably a strap-fitting. The object is a ring with a thick, slightly angular hoop and convex crude quatrefoil bezel. The quatrefoil head is perpendicular to the hoop. It is decorated with four triangular grooves arranged in saltire, but not meeting at the centre. The quatrefoil thus created has elements of slightly different sizes, one perpendicular to the hoop being quite small compared to the others. The artefact is now a red-brown colour, covered in patches of light-green corrosion product The artefact can be paralleled to…
Created on: Wednesday 17th October 2018
Last updated: Thursday 30th January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sixpenny Handley CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-71FD0B
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy artefact of 11th-century date, probably a strap fitting. The object is a ring with a thick hoop and convex crude quatrefoil bezel, flat compared to the rest of the curved hoop. The quatrefoil head is perpendicular to the hoop. It is decorated with four triangular grooves arranged in saltire, but not meeting at the centre. The quatrefoil thus created has slightly longer elements in line with the hoop than those perpendicular to it. The terminals of each part of the quatrefoil are somewhat angled. The artefact is now a red-brown colour, covered in patches of light-g…
Created on: Wednesday 17th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 17th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wimborne St. Giles CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-7187C8
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy artefact of 11th-century date, probably a strap fitting. The object is a ring with a thick hoop and convex crude quatrefoil bezel. The quatrefoil head is perpendicular to the hoop. It is decorated with four triangular grooves arranged in saltire, but not meeting at the centre. The quatrefoil thus created has longer elements in line with the hoop than those perpendicular to it; its rendering is quite crude. The artefact is now a red-brown colour, covered in patches of light-green corrosion product The artefact can be paralleled to a strap slide/loop found looped…
Created on: Wednesday 17th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 17th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gussage All Saints CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-8BCC73
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval copper-alloy uniface strap mount in the form of an acorn (c. 17th century). On the front the cup is delineated from the nut by a transverse grooved low ridge. At the cup's base the acorn has a small rounded knop. The upper surface of the cup may have been decorated with cross-hatching but any decoration appears to have been worn away over time. The front is shallowly convex; the reverse is hollowed. The reverse features a pair of small integral lugs arranged longitudinally towards each end of the mount; one is broadly central, the other more off centre. They have been …
Created on: Thursday 22nd October 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2016
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Record ID: PAS-8BA238
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy early post-medieval toggle clasp. The main body of the clasp is a convex oval shape with hollow reverse. At one end there is a transverse ridge dividing the main body from a rounded terminal element with knop. This latter retains traces of a rivet, with orange corrosion product on both faces suggesting the rivet was made of iron. A similar rivet hole with corroded rivet is located at the base of the main body. Below this is a double transverse ridge beyond which the object is rebated and narrowed, but soon truncated. The artefact is similar to an early po…
Created on: Thursday 22nd October 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd February 2016
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Record ID: PAS-8B6008
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy fragment from a probable strap-fitting of medieval date. It consists of a sub-rectangular flat plate that has been broken through a rivet hole towards one of its original terminals. Beyond the hole the object narrows slightly to a waist before a transverse flange of similar width to the plate before it narrows. After the flange the terminal develops into a narrowed hook that is recurving, and broken in about the same plane as the base on the plate, having travelled above it as it curves. This may have been a hook, or it may have turned into a loop. The remnant has been …
Created on: Thursday 22nd October 2015
Last updated: Sunday 7th February 2016
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Record ID: PAS-74C7EC
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval copper-alloy strap-loop/slide with a perforation for a separate internal rivet, now missing. The frame is rectangular. The outer edge is externally bevelled. The object is generally rectangular in cross-section. It appears to bear traces of tinning, over a generally mid-grey surface metal. Rectangular strap loops with separate internal rivets can be found illustrated in Egan (2007, 131; no. 1452ff.). They are generally dated to the 14th century based on excavated examples from London. This example measures 12.3mm by 15.6mm by 1.2mm by 3.2mm and weighs 1.20g. Internally i…
Created on: Friday 20th February 2015
Last updated: Friday 20th February 2015
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Record ID: PAS-5B4E02
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval copper-alloy mount (strap-fitting) of in the form a flat openwork lozenge. The inner and outer edges are straight and slightly bevelled. On the front is a line of decoration, probably in the form of a line of punched annulets, running around the centre ofthe frame. There are traces of tinning on the front. There are two integral attachment spikes on the plain, flat back, one near each acute corner. Both are truncated and both curve inwards. The object measures 30.5mm by 20.9mm by 2.1mm (5.3mm maximum thickness, including the spikes). It weighs 3.75g. The pair of int…
Created on: Thursday 19th February 2015
Last updated: Thursday 19th February 2015
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Record ID: PAS-5B1C0C
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval copper-alloy mount (strap-fitting) of in the form of two fleurs-de-lis conjoined back-to-back. The front of the mount is moulded in low relief with ridges separating the three elements of each lis. There is also a moulded transverse band that separates the two lis. The reverse of the mount is flat. It features two truncated integral spikes, each located at the centre of one of the lis; one is now bent outwards, the other inwards. The object measures 26.5mm by 16.0mm by 2.6mm (6.0mm maximum thickness, including the spikes). It weighs 4.01g. The pair of integral spike…
Created on: Thursday 19th February 2015
Last updated: Thursday 19th February 2015
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Record ID: PAS-4FD896
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval copper-alloy bar mount (strap fitting), small and sub-hemispherical in form. A convex, central lobe is crossed by five neatly incised transverse lines that create ridges. These ridges have also been finely incised longitudinally across the whole object to create a neat grid pattern. The two smaller perforated side lobes both retain their copper-alloy rivets. The object is similar to artefacts illustrated in Read (2001, 23; fig. 12) and Egan and Pritchard (1991, 214; fig. 134) which are dated to the second half of the fourteenth century. The object is 17.6mm long, 9.1mm w…
Created on: Wednesday 18th February 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 18th February 2015
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Record ID: PAS-4A6D6A
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval copper-alloy strap-fitting, now bent round at both ends. The object is formed of a rectangular sheet perforated in each corner for rivets, none of which survive. It is uncertain to what sort of composite strap-fitting this might have been applied, or whether it might have been applied directly to a strap. In its folded state it measures 23.0mm long by 14.9mm wide by 0.8mm thick. It weighs 3.10g.
Created on: Wednesday 18th February 2015
Last updated: Thursday 19th February 2015
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Record ID: PAS-46EFDF
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval copper-alloy bar mount (strap fitting), small and sub-hemispherical in form. A convex, central lobe is crossed by six neatly incised transverse lines that create ridges. These ridges have also been incised longitudinally across the whole object to create a neat grid pattern. The two smaller perforated side lobes both retain their copper-alloy rivets. The object is similar to artefacts illustrated in Read (2001, 23; fig. 12) and Egan and Pritchard (1991, 214; fig. 134) which are dated to the second half of the fourteenth century. The object is 16.5mm long, 8.0mm wide, 3.2…
Created on: Wednesday 18th February 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 18th February 2015
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Record ID: PAS-3CDF38
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval copper-alloy mount/strap-fitting of c. 17th-century date. The mount is sub-triangular, elaborate, with longitudinal symmetry. At one end it is finished in a triangle; the other has a trefoilate protrusion. This latter features grooves that define the fleurs. At the centre of the base of this terminal is a pellet on the upper surface. From each corner of the wider end of the main body of the mount (from the centre of which emerges the trefoil) a curved protrusion emerges which abuts the terminals of the side fleurs. From the wider end the main sub-triangular plate taper…
Created on: Tuesday 17th February 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 17th February 2015
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Record ID: PAS-359FD1
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval copper-alloy hooked mount (strap fitting) of approximately 17th-century date. The central portion of the mount is sub-oval in plan, domed and faceted, with a hollow underside. It tapers towards the hook. Extending upwards from the top is rounded lobe which has a central rivet hole, a transverse ridge at its base and a small, knopped projection at the top. At the base of the mount is a transverse ridge above a backward-facing hook. Much of the reverse of the mount is filled with iron corrosion product which extends to both surfaces of the hook. This probably represents …
Created on: Tuesday 17th February 2015
Last updated: Thursday 26th February 2015
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