Record ID: BUC-700083
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman strap end, constructed of two separate flat plates joined by a rivet at one end. The terminals of the object are bifurcated and this suggests that the object may also have functioned as a nail cleaner. The trapezoidal upper part tapers and then widens to an oval body. A circular rivet joins the two ends at the top. One side is undecorated. The other side is divided into sections in the upper part with a pair of incised horizontal lines and a single line below. There are four impressed dots below this lower line and there are V-shaped notches at the side edges. …
Created on: Friday 26th May 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Buckingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-C58A21
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete late Roman amphora-shaped strap end, only the attachment end now survives, the rest is missing due to old breaks, now worn. It measures 23.51mm in width and 16.30mm in surviving length. The attachment end is shaped like the open end of a Roman amphora, it then tapers into the narrow neck of the vessel and fragments of the curvilinear handles on either side of the neck survive. The attachment end is split and the upper edges shaped, there is a central copper-alloy rivet through this end. The front face is decorated with ring and dot motifs there are five complete motif…
Created on: Tuesday 30th May 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sutton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-EF9786
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy object which is probably part of a Roman hinged belt fitting. Four examples of similar objects (with their plates attached, unlike this example) were found in 4th century graves at Colchester (P.Crummy; 1981; pp. 13). The object, which strongly resembles a nail cleaner, has a tongue-shaped proximal (attachment) end and tapers towards the centre; the distal end is narrow and splits at the bottom, where it terminates in two forked points. At the centre point of the horizontal proximal end is a suspension loop, set at right angles to the main part of the object and decor…
Created on: Thursday 1st June 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Hertfordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NCL-4399F4
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy strap end, possibly of the Roman period or possibly of the Medieval period. The object is reminiscent of a Thomas type D strap end, but it has a terminal very similar to the type I. The main body of the strap end is tubular, tapering from the base to the terminal. The tapering is offset by two conjoined, spherical shapes set back from the tip by 6mm. The object could be described as lancet-shaped if it were not for the double-beaded decoration set back from the tip.
Created on: Monday 5th June 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-58F9E5
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy probable Roman strap end most likely to be late Roman in date, and possibly of amphora-shaped type originally. The surviving part is incomplete at either end and roughly oval in shape. It measures 24.18mm in length and 16.36mm in width. The front face is decorated with a central longitudinal groove and there are two opposing pairs of ring-and-dot motifs either side of this.
Created on: Tuesday 6th June 2006
Last updated: Monday 29th June 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sutton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-FCE686
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Romano-British Military strap-end: split end with pair of notches on both sides at straight attachment edge and one iron rivet. The rectangular sectioned body tapers past the split before narrowing to a pointed oval but slightly facetted section. After further narrowing an integral terminal ring with stub of small lobe. Cf. an example from South Shields (Allason-Jones and Miket 1984, 188, no.3.595). Length >43mm. Width at attachment edge 7.5mm. External width of terminal loop 12mm. 3rd century.
Created on: Wednesday 14th June 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 11th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brancaster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-FF92F5
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Roman strap fastener. A loop with sub-triangular or trefoil aperture above a transverse rib on both faces. Below this a triangular section bar extends to a break. On two narrower faces part of an engraved inscription, to be read with loop to the left V T [ above F ] Only the first half of the T is present. the second letter on the second line begins with a vertical stroke. The complete text was probably VTERE FELIX (meaning literally 'use happy' i.e. 'good luck to the user'). Tinned or silvered. Length >25mm. Width at loop 12mm, at bar 8mm.
Created on: Wednesday 14th June 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 11th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brancaster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-10F240
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Romano-British/Early Saxon Amphora-shaped strap-end, lobe at outside edge, attachment edge and part of one neck loop missing. The body is decorated with thirteen ring-and-dots. Length >35mm. Width 19.5mm. The attachment edge would either have been split to receive the strap or hinged with another strap-end. Second half 4th century, but possibly used in an Early Saxon context.
Created on: Tuesday 27th June 2006
Last updated: Monday 7th September 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fransham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-3E8052
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy incomplete probable strap fitting most likely medieval in date. 25.36mm in length and 16.97mm in width. It is rectangular in shape and has a complete rectangular loop at one end, below this it is open work with two opposing oval shaped holes. The edge below these is incomplete and have V-shaped notches in it. Richard Henry (pers comm, 2021) notes that this is in fact a late Roman amphora shaped strap end and parallels include NMS-007A32, KENT-65D2C4 and an example recorded from Richborough (Lyne 1999).
Created on: Thursday 29th June 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 30th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sutton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-1E09A0
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Roman strap end very similar to examples from Germany (Oldenstein 1976, tafel 36, no 312). It is cast with a flaring triangular split end and a solid tapering terminal end which has an oval cross-section and is decorated with transverse grooves. It measures 43.33mm in total length and 5.64mm in width. There is a single copper-alloy rivet through the centre of the split end.
Created on: Tuesday 15th August 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wenhaston with Mells Hamlet', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-5B9577
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy strap-end or harness fitting of probable 1st century AD date. A close parallel for this piece was found at Camerton, Somerset, in a hoard of military metalwork dating from the 1st Century BC to the 1st century AD (see R. Jackson; 1990; pp. 38; no. 78)*. The object has a tongue-shaped plate which is divided into two panels of moulded decoration. The panel at the distal end (ie. that furthest from the point of attachment, presumably to a leather strap) is defined on the left hand side (as you look at it) by a double raised vertical border and, on the right hand side, by…
Created on: Friday 18th August 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Hertfordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-9A2812
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete cast copper alloy Roman nail cleaner strap end with crescent-shaped lugs. The body of the strap end is formed from a blade which is flat in section. It has distinct sharply sloping shoulders that then taper inwards into the elongated narrow blade, making it lozenge shaped in plan. The blade terminates in a squared off. Blunt point, but is set with a short V shaped groove, which gives the terminal of the strap end a slight fork or bifid end. Though the prongs of the fork may be too short to be effectual, it is clearly reminiscent of a nail cleaner. Extending from the top of …
Created on: Monday 21st August 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mashbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-DBE192
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy strap end? fragment, 15mm long, 15mm wide and 2mm wide. The object is in fair condition and weighs 1.33grams. The object consists of an incomplete suspension loop which sits on a rectangular sectioned ridge, which is incomplete. Below this the object forms a plate which has a curved upper edge and has snapped off cleanly on all sides, but has a circular cut away section in the middle of what is present. The object appears to be a military fitting, perhaps a strap end?
Created on: Thursday 24th August 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-BFAB47
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman 'amphora-shaped' strap-end with its upper terminal missing due to old breaks, now worn. Measuring 49mm in surviving length and 19mm in width. The thickened terminal at the base survives, it is 13.5mm in length with a circular cross-section measuring 5mm. It has four circumferential mouldings and tapers towards a rounded terminal. The body of the strap end is flat and flares towards the missing terminal end. One face has faint traces of three longitudinal grooves which radiate from the thickened terminal end of the body. At the top, below the old break of the m…
Created on: Friday 25th June 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sutton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-531058
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bent copper-alloy item, possibly a strap end. The item is 19 mm long and would be around 33 mm in length if straight. It is 7.5 mm in width. One end is pierced with a circuar hole, 2 mm in diameter. The other end is slightly rounded and appears to have been the terminal. Such items are difficult to date, but there is a possibility that this object is Roman, particularly given that many other Roman items have been found in the vicinity.
Created on: Friday 2nd July 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-A6A904
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This strap end is shaped like a Roman amphora and decorated with ring and dot ornament on its upper or show surface. It is very nearly complete. The entire strap end is 42.5mm long, and terminates with a small nipple at the base or tip. The belly of the vessel (as it is suggested by the form of the strap end) is 19.5mm across. It tapers in slightly above to the shoulder, which is 17mm across, at which point the two handles of the amphora are suggested and the 'vessel' tapers abruptly to a concave-sided neck 7mm wide at its top and base but only 5mm wide at its centre. The bars of the h…
Created on: Tuesday 6th July 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Palgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-CD28E6
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy object, perhaps a strap end. The heavy solid cast strap end consists of a bulbous terminal and two roughly rectangular arms pierced by an iron rivet for attachment to the strap. Parallels have been recorded on the PAS database, e.g. SWYOR-1D5F98, LIN-3606A4 and SF9057, but the date and function of these items is still uncertain. Another, perhaps similar, item decorated with a Romanesque-style animal head can be found on the PAS database at WILT-8F33A4. A further example, but with a hollow head, comes from Thetford (Rogerson and Dallas 1984, fig. 112, no. 52); this was a…
Created on: Tuesday 20th July 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Ormsby cum Ketsby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-3606A4
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Unidentified object made from copper alloy, consisting of a solid globular end and two integral perforated lugs. The globular end is 13mm in diameter and the lugs are 15mm in length. There is a copper-alloy rivet in the centre of the lugs at the attachment end. The entire object is undecorated. The object would appear to be a strap end; similar objects are recorded on the database from Suffolk as SF9057, SWYOR-1D5F98 and LIN-CD28E6. Another, perhaps similar, item decorated with a Romanesque animal head can be found on the PAS database at WILT-8F33A4. A further example comes from Thetf…
Created on: Friday 6th August 2004
Last updated: Friday 28th March 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NCL-B72488
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy strap end dating to the late second to fourth century AD. At one end, the strap end possesses a rectangular attachment loop with figure-of-eight perforation which is positioned off-centre. The attachment loop extends to a body which is lozengiform in plan and rectangular in section. The strap end measures 32mm in length, 10mm in width and weighs 4g.
Created on: Thursday 12th August 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 20th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Darlington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NCL-4B2F52
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy strap end dating to the second or third century AD. The strap end is flat and oval in plan and possesses openwork decoration consisting of two opposing triangular cut-outs. The strap end terminates in a small spherical end knob. The attachment plate is rectangular with a worn rectangular perforation. The strap end measures 42mm in length, 12mm in width and weighs 2.3g.
Created on: Thursday 19th August 2004
Last updated: Monday 14th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Darlington', grid reference and parish protected.