Record ID: LIN-D12E6A
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy strap-end of Medieval date, c AD 1200 to 1500. The object is plain and sub-rectangular, with a curved recess at the wider end and also curves to a small knop at the terminus.  It is made from three separate pieces, 2 face plates, separated by an edging piece, which bears the knop. There is one medial rivet towards the wider end.  It has a brownish green patina. Measurements: 29.38 mm long x 15.32 mm wide x 3.98 mm thick Weight: 5.66 gm
Created on: Friday 3rd February 2023
Last updated: Monday 14th August 2023
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Record ID: OXON-34A361
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval copper alloy hooked strap fitting, probably dating to c. AD 1500-1700. The strap fitting consists of a sub-rectangular plate narrowing towards one end where there is a backward-turning hook projecting from the bottom. The top of the plate has an indent in the centre and rounded corners, creating the effect of two lobes. It tapers in width from top to bottom, before expanding again into rounded lobes to each side . The hook projects below the lobes and is D-shaped in cross section with a flat back. The hook curves back 90 degrees before terminating in an old break.…
Created on: Thursday 19th March 2020
Last updated: Monday 20th July 2020
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Record ID: OXON-3471D3
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval sword belt mount dating to the 16th century. The plate of the mount has a tri-lobed end with a narrowed waist underneath. This waist then expands forming rounded shoulders before tapering in width to a rounded break which has removed the hook. The front of the mount has raised, cast floriate decoration in a design known as 'vine-scroll'. There are the rusted remains of an iron rivet between the the three lobes. The plate has been bent at the point where it widens after the trilobed head to c. 30 degrees. It measures 25.8mm long, 17.0mm wide, …
Created on: Thursday 19th March 2020
Last updated: Monday 20th July 2020
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Record ID: NARC-8033D2
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy Strap Fitting of Post-Medieval to Modern date (AD 1775- 1920). The object is an 'S'-shaped belt hook. The hook is in the form of a snake and would have hooked onto fitments at the end of the belt on a military uniform. The snake's body is pointed-oval in cross-section and is similarly moulded on both sides to emulate scales. The head tapers to a narrowed snout and has a linear moulded jaw and ovate eye. The metal is green/brown in colour with a slightly pitted patina. Length: 37.04mm, Width: 18.02mm, Thickness: 3.09mm, Weight: 5.1g This sty…
Created on: Monday 3rd February 2020
Last updated: Thursday 28th October 2021
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Record ID: IOW-FC7D38
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper post-Medieval copper-alloy toggle clasp (hook), probably from a sword belt (c. 1500-c. 1700). Toggle clasps like this example, originally came as two parts: the hook and the eye part. This toggle clasp is the hook part. The eye part is missing. The toggle clasp is curvilinear in plan and section and has a transverse bar forming the toggle element. At the front there is foliate/floriate decoration. Two rivet holes along the longitudinal centre line are countersunk at the rear and contain the remains of two iron rivets. Length: 37.3mm; width: 12.9mm; thickness: 3…
Created on: Friday 23rd August 2019
Last updated: Friday 23rd August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-428B13
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post medieval cast copper alloy hooked strap fitting, probably a sword belt mount, dating from c. AD 1600-1700. The plate is shield shaped, with a scalloped top side, concave vertical sides and rounded bottom corners. Decorating the upper surface of this plate is a foliate pattern, moulded in low relief and executed upside down. In this design, branches angle upwards from a central stem, terminating in a leaf.This design is punctuated by a triangular arrangement of three in situ copper-alloy rivets. The integrally cast forward hook projects downwards at the base of th…
Created on: Thursday 9th May 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 15th May 2019
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Record ID: NMS-EDA81A
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman cast copper alloy rivetted strap mount dating to the period c. AD 43 - 409. The mount is square and has a central rounded ridge and sides which curve downwards. The back is hollow. Set within the back is an integral spike terminating in an old break. See: SUR-4519D6.
Created on: Thursday 22nd February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 12th July 2018
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Record ID: LVPL-A52DD8
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy composite strap fitting/strap-end with hooked terminal probably of medieval date. The object consists of two sub-rectangular plates held together with an incomplete hook projecting from between each plate. One plate is almost complete and is decorated with an incised rectangular panel containing worn decoration possibly in the form of interlace, cross-hatching or foliage. Where the object expands in width at the point where the hook projects the plate is decorated with three curved grooves which run the length of the rectangular panel curving around a rivet hole in the …
Created on: Wednesday 20th December 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 20th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Washingborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-447455
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy hooked mount of post-medieval date (c. 16th century). The plate of the hook is flat backed and sub-rectangular. The attachment end is slightly rounded, and the plate then expands slightly along its length, until before the hook there is a cusped collar with a semicircular removal on each side, above which a smaller removal. The hook has been truncated, and there may be further damage to the attachment end. There is a central groove running the full length of the plate's front, faeturing two piercings for rivets, one of which still contains a rusted remnant …
Created on: Wednesday 31st December 2014
Last updated: Friday 6th May 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brampton Abbotts', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-79BF24
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy sword belt hanger. The object is roughly foliate in form, with moulded decoration forming a leaf pattern. It has a trefoil shaped terminal at one end and hook at the other. There are two circular fixing holes, one near the trefoil terminal and one above the hook, both are encrusted with iron corrosion. This would have been one of two or three fittings that together formed a hanging arrangement for a sword, date 16th-17th century.
Created on: Tuesday 30th July 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 12th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wraxall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-D8C4B4
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cast copper alloy strap slider, c.1150-1400 AD. The slider consists of a single, trapezoidal loop with a pair of opposed internal triangular projections about a quarter of the way along the sides of the frame. The entire frame is rectangular in section with wide flat faces. The longest side of the frame (the upper side) has a slightly thickened section in the middle and is 21.9mm long. It measures 18.3mm long on the bottom edge, 17.9mm wide and 1.8mm thick. It weighs 1.74 grams. Egan and Pritchard (1991: 234) illustrate a number of similar examples, including ref. 1256 and…
Created on: Monday 24th January 2011
Last updated: Sunday 6th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alvediston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-050D55
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy strap fitting length 32mm, width 13mm, thickness 5.5mm, weight 3.05g. This is a long thin triangle mount with a trefoil moulding at either end, a semicircular knop on either side and a chevron pattern on the surface. Two lugs for attachment on the reverse. Date 17th century.
Created on: Thursday 21st October 2010
Last updated: Monday 13th December 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Forthampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-0EF067
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast cu-alloy pendant tht was part of a sword belt fitting (for a complete one please see SOM-EF4646) dating from the early post-medieval period, i.e. the late 16th century. The pendant was part of a set of three all of which were attached to a bigger sword belt mount (a fragment of this bigger mount - the small loop - is still attached to the top bit of this hanger). All four element were decorated with a vine leaf foliage design and there is evidence of iron rivets in this remaining pendant.
Created on: Friday 3rd September 2010
Last updated: Monday 20th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Campsea Ashe', grid reference and parish protected.