Record ID: NLM-CFDC08
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Anglo-Saxon strap end. The spilt end strap end has convex sides and tapers to a zoomorphic terminal. The front plate is incomplete but has trewhiddle style herringbone pattern at the bottom of the central panel. The stylised zoomorphic terminal has pointed ears, rounded eyes and a rounded snout. The back plate has two attachment holes at the top of the strap end. The length of the strap end is 33.58mm, the width is 11.0mm and the weight is 3.35g.
Created on: Thursday 6th January 2005
Last updated: Monday 6th November 2017
No spatial data available.

Record ID: BUC-F8B4D5
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy strapend, in unusually good condition, with silver and niello decoration. The strapend has gently curving sides with notches cut along them. Two domed headed silver rivets fix the end to the strap. Below these is a crescent shaped groove and a panel with a Trewhiddle style animal on a niello background. The terminal is in the form of an animals head with rounded ears, a 'V' shaped brow, niello eyes and a broad snout. The back of the object is undecorated.
Created on: Thursday 20th January 2005
Last updated: Saturday 1st March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stokenchurch', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-780502
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete sheet copper alloy-strap end plate of probable early thirteenth to early fifteenth century date (AD 1200 – AD 1425). Length 35mm (if straightened), width 19.5mm and 0.3mm thick. Weight 2.40g. the plate is accidentally bent upwards at an angle of almost 90º. The attachment end has a grooved circular aperture flanked on either side by single rivet holes, both of which are about 1.2mm in diameter. At the terminal end there is a transverse break which appears to be old. The front face of the plate is decorated with an abstract rocker arm (zigzag) design and the break has oc…
Created on: Monday 7th February 2005
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-A34A56
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Anglo Saxon copper-alloy strap-end dating to the 9th century. The strap-end has curving long edges shaped into scallops, and a stylised zoomorphic terminal (in this case quite stylised). An incised, curvilinear, 'S'-shaped scroll-like pattern is repeated three times along each side down the length of the strap-end, one S shape per scallop. A central pattern of a triangle, two affronted L shapes and two addorsed C shapes provides a mirror symmetry along its length. This curvilinear pattern conforms to Thomas (2003)'s Class A Type 2, 'Patterned' type. There are two rivet holes in the…
Created on: Wednesday 9th February 2005
Last updated: Monday 30th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hinton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-B7A533
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete composite strap-end of Medieval date, probably AD 1350 – AD 1450. Length 23.5mm, width 15mm and 2mm thick. Weight 2.81g. Viewing either sheet plate in plan, it has two notches at the attachment end where it is 15mm in width. The two notches produce a W-shaped profile. The sides of the plate taper inwards slightly and near the terminal the width is about 12mm. The terminal is in the form of a small blunt point. Along the longitudinal centre line of the plate are two copper alloy rivets, the heads of which are about 2mm in diameter. One rivet is close to the attachment end …
Created on: Thursday 10th February 2005
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-1D5353
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Complete composite strap-end of Medieval date, probably AD 1350 – AD 1450. Length 31mm, width 18mm and 3.3mm thick. Weight 6.04g. Viewing either sheet plate in plan, it has two notches at the attachment end where it is 18mm in width. The two notches produce a W-shaped profile. The sides of the plate taper inwards slightly and near the terminal the width is about 14mm. The terminal is in the form of a small blunt point. Along the longitudinal centre line of the plate are two copper alloy rivets, the heads of which are about 2.3mm in diameter. Both of the rivet heads are flush…
Created on: Tuesday 15th February 2005
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-DB7A84
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete late Roman copper alloy leaf-shaped strap end with both ends now missing, but likely to have had a bifurcated tip. It is 33.8mm long and 15.2mm at its widest point. The engraved ornament consists of large peacock and what is likely to represent the tree-of-life. The peacock stands in profile to the left and pecks the tree which has a cross-hatched trunk and four branches, three of which terminate in three fruits. The peacock has a ‘crown’ of three crest feathers and its neck, body and tail are decorated with zig-zag, cross-hatched or oblique lines. On the tail feather…
Created on: Thursday 24th February 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-EEE186
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy zoomorphic strap end. The tongue shaped plate is in the form of an animal in flight, probably a bat. The body of the bird has symmetrical openwork interlace decoration. On either side of the body is a pointed-oval wing tucked into the body. The wings are well defined with three layers of feathers, incised with vertical lines. At the end of the wings the plate has the two broken protrusions, which may be a part of a buckle frame. Around the protrusions and the end of the wings are remains of iron corrosion, which could suggest an iron pin. The other end …
Created on: Friday 25th February 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd August 2018
No spatial data available.

Record ID: WMID-162203
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy strap end, probably dating to the 10th century AD (length: 59.1mm; width: 18.9mm; thickness: 3.2mm; weight: 12.26g), and may be of an Hiberno-Scandinavian origin. This artefact is decorated on the upper surface with three uniform grooves running down its length, as well as one groove crossing the strap end's width at the broken end. To either side of the three grooves, there are the remains of approximately six or seven ring and dots. The underside of the artefact is undecorated and there is no evidence of rivets or attachment fittings as the strap end …
Created on: Friday 11th March 2005
Last updated: Saturday 1st March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Waterhouses', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-1BA0F4
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early-medieval cast copper-alloy strap-end. Thomas (2003, 2) classifies it as a Class A, Type ?1. This would date the artefact to around the ninth century. The strap-end is leaf-shaped, with one end split to take the strap. Its face is decorated while the reverse plate is plain. The face has a triangular animal-head terminal narrowing to a snout. The ears are in the form of a '9' and an reversed '9', and are joined by a bar. Behind the head there is a single field, once inlaid with silver of which fragments remain. The field contains curvilinear grooves which were also inlaid with …
Created on: Friday 11th March 2005
Last updated: Saturday 1st March 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-254428
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy flat sub-rectangular strap end, dating to the 10th century AD (length: 30.1mm; width: 22.2mm; thickness: 2.2mm; weight: 5.36g). This strap end derives from the Winchester style with its openwork ornamentation (there are four surviving open holes and the remains of a few other broken ones) that seem to form a plant/ petal decoration. At the 'fixing' end, two rivets survive in situ, one has broken off, the break is very worn. The artefact is in a worn and poor condition with a corroded surface. The strap end is dark reddish-brown in colour, but very littl…
Created on: Friday 29th April 2005
Last updated: Monday 27th January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pulborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-B550A5
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete cast copper alloy strap end of probable Late Early-Medieval, ninth century date (AD 800 - AD 900). Length 31mm, maximum width 14mm and the main body is about 1mm thick. Weight 2.82g. The strap end is flat and in plan it is sub-lozenge shaped with rounded side corners and a rounded terminal. At the attachment end the body divides into two leaves (or plates). One leaf has an old break at the attachment end and the other leaf has a transverse fracture at the position where it joins the body. Close to the attachment end, the leaves are penetrated by two small copper alloy riv…
Created on: Friday 6th May 2005
Last updated: Saturday 1st March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shalfleet Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NCL-F54642
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hartlepool
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy strap end, dating to the medieval period. The strap end is rectangular with a rounded terminal. At the attachment end, it splits into two to accomodate the leather or fabric strap. Two rivet holes are visible on the underside of the plate to secure the strap end. The upper surface of the strap end is decorated with a central vertical moulded rib and marginal moulded ribs. The ends of the ribs protrude slightly beyond the body of the strap end. The strap end measures 27mm in length, 16mm in width, 5mm in thickness. It weighs 6.2g. Helen Geake writes: From the ima…
Created on: Monday 9th May 2005
Last updated: Saturday 1st March 2014
No spatial data available.

Record ID: SUSS-492072
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A very worn and corroded cast copper alloy strap end or possibly buckle fragment, dating from the late 14th or early 15th century. The strap end comprises one piece of copper alloy which has been cast as a hollow rectangular box. Two iron rivets remain in situ in the open end, both very corroded. The open end of the strap end is also very corroded and damaged. The upper surface of the strap end depicts a black-letter M, surrounded by an incised linear border. The reverse is undecorated. The metal is a mid greyish-green colour, but much of the original surface has been lost. Black-l…
Created on: Friday 13th May 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 25th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Westfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-8B1500
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy 'lyre-shaped' strap-end with hollow end. The hollow end has a front and bevelled sides cast together, and a sheet back plate held on with solder and with two iron rivets. The front of the hollow end is decorated with black-letter initials (possibly W E). Beyond this is a concave waisted area, then a rounded transverse bar and an irregularly shaped incomplete terminal, probably openwork. The breaks are worn. The maximum width is 23.7 mm and the surviving length is 40.75mm; the maximum thickness is 5.47mm. It weighs 18.01g and is a dark blackish-brown patina. These buckles…
Created on: Monday 16th May 2005
Last updated: Thursday 7th April 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Chiltington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-B57533
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Published
Early medieval strap-end of Thomas's Class A2, formed from two flat pieces of copper alloy joined together. It measures 11.7mm in width and tapers from the widest point in the middle to a thickened zoomorphic terminal. Eyes and ears are visible about two-thirds of the way down the strap end, and indentations on each side of the terminal may symbolise nostrils. The central front surface of the strap end (above the terminal) is decorated with two vertical rectangular cells; these would probably have contained enamel or inlay of some sort but this has worn away. On either side of this ce…
Created on: Wednesday 18th May 2005
Last updated: Saturday 1st March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Edlington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-B58043
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of an early medieval strap-end of Thomas's Class A1, formed from two flat pieces of copper alloy joined together. The strap-end has been broken and repaired in antiquity at least once and probably twice. Roughly half the object survives, measuring 16.7mm in width and 29.8mm in length. The strap end is slightly narrower at the attachment end, then widens towards the middle before tapering towards the missing terminal end. The attachment end was originally split, but the back half is missing. There are two large perforations through which rivets would have fixed the strap en…
Created on: Wednesday 18th May 2005
Last updated: Saturday 1st March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Edlington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-DAEF84
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Mid/Late Saxon copper alloy strap-end, corroded convex-sided plate with notched split attachment end pierced by two rivet-holes containing copper alloy rivets, decorated with four panels of niello with remains of inlaid silver wire (two tear-shaped or foliate fragments survive) leaving reserved cross with vertical oval setting between two horizontal oval settings containing remains of niello and silver wire on horizontal arm of cross. Three further vertical oval settings containing remains of niello and silver wire on forehead of tapering cast animal-head terminal with moulded eyes an…
Created on: Friday 20th May 2005
Last updated: Saturday 1st March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stoke Holy Cross', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-44FDE1
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete rectangular copper-alloy object, probably an Anglo-Saxon strap-end of Thomas's Class E. One of its long edges has a row of three (and another missing) triangular protrusions, probably broken links to another part of the artefact. Along the middle of the object are three circular holes, each 4 mm in diameter. The long edge opposite the triangular protrusions is straight, with a ridge on one face and a corresponding groove on the other. The edges are worn and at least some are certainly broken. This object was originally recorded as a possible medieval chatelaine, by compa…
Created on: Wednesday 25th May 2005
Last updated: Monday 3rd August 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-6EF4E6
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Complete copper-alloy strap-end of medieval date, probably late 14th century. It has a tapering hollow rectangular-sectioned shaft, with two copper-alloy rivets at the attachment end. The method of attachment is unusual, since the sides enclose the strap rather than leaving it open as normally seen on strap ends where the plates sandwich the strap. The underside of the strap end has a separate rectangular sheet copper-alloy plate which fits over the strap and neatly joins onto the sides. This plate has two copper-alloy rivets which are also visible on the upper surface of the strap-en…
Created on: Friday 27th May 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 25th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Kesteven', grid reference and parish protected.