Record ID: DENO-847FA5
Object type: BELT HOOK
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval belt hook; cast copper alloy strap mount with hook, of possible 13th – 15th century date. The mount is a simple bar of roughly D-shaped cross section with two integral rivets. Below the second rivet, the bar curves out forwards and is then curled back on itself to form a large hook. There is a single moulded horizontal ridge across the point between the bar and the hook. It seems likely that this mount was intended for attachment to a strap to allow a second object to be suspended from the hook. Its sturdy construction and lack of decoration suggest a functional use, rather …
Created on: Friday 17th April 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Staunton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-254732
Object type: BELT HOOK
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Published
Cast cu-alloy belt hook in shape of a snake. While the obverse shows a pattern resembling eyes and scales, the reverse is ribbed and looks like that of an earthworm. It was probably part of a military belt.
Created on: Tuesday 4th April 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barrow', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-A81F54
Object type: BELT HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy belt hook in the form of a snake which would have hooked onto fitments at the end of the belt on a military uniform. The snake’s body is decorated with moulded scales and pellets for eyes on the upper body and moulded lines and an incised mouth on the underbelly. The body of the snake, which is 7.6 mm wide, tapers towards the head, which is 6 mm wide, in one direction, and towards the end of the tail, which is 3 mm wide, in the other. This style of belt hook, in the form of a snake, was first made in the 16th century, but was then revived in the late 18th century, d…
Created on: Tuesday 24th August 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CORN-555A25
Object type: BELT HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy belt hook in the form of a snake with attachment loop which would have hooked onto fitments at the end of the belt on a military uniform. The snake’s body is decorated with scales and the head has a beak-like mouth, making it look like a duck, and a pellet for an eye within a recessed hole. The body of the snake, which is 7.3 mm wide, tapers towards the head, which is 6 mm wide, in one direction, and towards the end of the tail, which is 2.3 mm wide, in the other. The attachment loop is plain and is 14.1 mm in diameter and 3.5 mm in thickness. This style of belt hoo…
Created on: Monday 26th July 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.