Record ID: SUR-FAD33B
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an Anglo-Scandinavian cast copper strap-end (cf. Thomas Class E, Type 4) made from a single plate of cast copper alloy. The rear end has broken off. The body of the object is tongue-shaped and decorated with a complex double-stranded insular Borre style ‘vertebral ring-chain’ interlace motif. The reverse is undecorated. 
Created on: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-E8DD76
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy strap end. A strap end of composite construction with two plates of thickness 0.9 and 0.4mm with a central probably forked spacer plate between them whose tip projects at the outer ogival end. The inner end is lightly engrailed. A rivet of diameter 1.7mm passes through the inner end to attach the plates to each other and the strap. A woven fabric strap remains preserved between the plates – the finder kindly notes he had kept the object wet to preserve what was at first thought to be a leather strap, as the find-spot was also damp. The use of a textile strap may deno…
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winteringham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-6691D3
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete subrectangular copper alloy plate from a composite medieval strap end, 41.5mm in length. The front end tapers to a blunt point with a rounded projecting knop at the tip. The rear end is incomplete. The front of the plate is undecorated.
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-664681
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A subrectangular copper alloy plate from a composite medieval strap end, 54.1mm in length. The front end tapers to a blunt point. The rear end has bifurcating projections, each drilled for and retaining a rivet. The front of the plate is decorated with intertwining arcs of rocker-arm zig-zag decoration. The reverse of the plate is undecorated and retains traces of the (now lost) spacer plate around the edge.
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-559DC7
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) strap end of Thomas Class E, Type 1 dating to the period c. AD 1000 - 1100. It would have comprised of an open-work design, but all that remains is the attachment end. The attachment plate retains three entrally positioned rivet holes. The openwork tongue terminates in an old break and has two semi-circular holes. A more complete example can be found on PAS see SOM-F33A5F. Cf. Thomas, G, 2004, p. 3, no. 24. A similar example is illustrated in (Griffiths et al 2007; 64 no 334) where it was noted the design o…
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Combs', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-54E330
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy strap-end of 9th Century date. All that remains is the zoomorphic 'mouse/bat' terminal which is broadly triangular in shape. It is worn, with the zoomorphic details not clearly visible.  Length: 16.99mm Width: 8.35mm Weight: 1.51g
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Combs', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-4FAA39
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy forked spacer from a Medieval composite strap end, comprising a ring, 21.2mm in diameter, with a terminal projection in the form of an acorn and stumps of forked prongs projecting to the rear. Both flanking plates are missing. c. 14th century. As Egan and Pritchard (2002), p141.
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-4F03A3
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy and leather strap end. Cast rounded split inner end of a strap end which tapered towards a narrowed and longitudinally slotted terminal with an oval inner end to its slot. The preserved fabric of a ?leather strap remains trapped in the split end. Up to three large [diameter 3mm] rivets may have attached the object to the strap. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900 Length: 31.2mm, Width: 19.9mm, Thickness (overall): 4.6mm, Weight: 7.65gms
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-4EA2ED
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy strap end fragment. Cast acorn knop of elongated form, springing from the rounded end of the spacer plate from a strap end of composite construction. Suggested date: Late Medieval, 1350-1400 Length: 21.5mm, Width: 13.9mm, Thickness: 4.3mm, Weight: 1.46gms
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Calcethorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-3CF162
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy strap end of Medieval date. All that remains ins the cast front plate, which terminates in an old break. It has a lozenge shaped knop, and has a circular hole for a now missing rivet. Similar examples can be seen in Egan and Pritchard, 1991, pg 133, 614. Length: 29.44mm Width: 8.35mm Weight: 2.16g
Created on: Monday 8th April 2024
Last updated: Monday 8th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Debenham', grid reference and parish protected.