Record ID: LEIC-1FD766
Object type: BELT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early post Medieval copper alloy belt fastener, 42mm long, 18mm wide and 6mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 7.99 grams. The object is in the form of the letter S with a rectangular cross section. The shape represents a snake which is decorated with a face at one end. This has incised eyes and mouth and its body has a decorative motif near the centre and the rest of the body is covered in a series of incised stripes and depressions, forming scales, along its body. The object is the fastener for a sword belt.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd June 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 12th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rutland', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-D6BEF1
Object type: BELT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy belt fitting, 41.8mm long, 20.7mm wide and 4.3mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a brown patina and weighs 10.4grams. The object is in the form of an S with a semi-spherical section and is decorated to resemble a snake with a series of repeating raised 'diamond' shaped motifs. In addition one end is slightly tapered and the other is slightly rounded with faint eyes.
Created on: Thursday 24th August 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-03CEC9
Object type: BELT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy snake belt buckle, 39mm long, 19mm wide and 5mm thick with a weight of 11.81grams. The object is S shaped with a rhombus shaped cross section. The object is in the form of a snake, with detailed decoration and a tapering 'tail'. On one side of the central ridge running down the snakes side it is decorated with a series of raised transverse lines, on the other it has scale like criss cross decoration. It has a face with a large eye and around its neck is a circular attachment loop.
Created on: Thursday 4th June 2015
Last updated: Thursday 4th June 2015
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Record ID: LEIC-01B1D5
Object type: BELT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy belt fitting, 31mm long, 11mm wide and 4mm thick. The fitting is S shaped with an oval section and is decorated to look like a serpent. It has a head with eye and protruding snout at one end and a tail at the other, with the surface covered in scales. In its centre it widens slightly and has three raised transverse ridges.
Created on: Wednesday 11th September 2013
Last updated: Friday 13th September 2013
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Record ID: LEIC-849AFB
Object type: BELT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy snake belt and fitting, 57mm in length, 37mm wide and 3mm thick with a weight of 5.03grams. The object consists of an S shaped, sub circular cross sectioned belt fitting which is attached to a sub triangular wire loop by a circular suspension ring. The belt fitting is in the form of a snake with a slightly wider central section which is decorated with a central raised collar flanked by a foliate motif either side. The rest of the body has incised scales and terminates at each end in a curve with an ovoid terminal. The large loop has a circular cross se…
Created on: Tuesday 30th April 2019
Last updated: Friday 17th May 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-680E76
Object type: BELT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Post medieval copper alloy belt fitting, 32mm long, 20mm wide and 4mm thick. the object is in fair condition and weighs 7.72 grams. The belt fitting is S shaped in form and rectangular in section. It is decorated on both sides in the same manner. It has linear incisions running down the edges of its shaft on both sides. The centre of the shaft has a sub-rectangular projection with linear decoration at the edges and two shield shaped motifs in the centre. Each end terminates in a sub rectangular animal head, with raised snout, open mouth and suggestion of a beared chin. T…
Created on: Thursday 10th April 2014
Last updated: Thursday 10th April 2014
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Record ID: LEIC-F6E4E5
Object type: BELT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or later copper alloy belt fitting?, 47mm long, 15mm wide and 6mm thick with a weight of 10.40grams. The object is rectangular in form and cross section and consists of a sturdily cast oval loop with a rounded hook at one end. The object is either a belt fitting for suspension or designed to secure a strap of some sort.
Created on: Monday 30th January 2017
Last updated: Monday 30th January 2017
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Record ID: LEIC-4203B7
Object type: BELT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medeival copper alloy belt fitting, 34mm long, 12mm wide and 9mm thick with a weight of 5.09grams. The object consists of a rectangular cross sectioned sheet which widens and becomes domed in its centre. This area is decorated with double transverse depressions which are joined together by single linear depressions, each containing patches of gilding. To one side the sheet folds over itself and flattens, forming an oval shaped terminal sitting below the hollow domed centre. The other edge narrows and curved outwards terminating in a sub circular knop. This probably formed a hook …
Created on: Wednesday 15th February 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 15th February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'LEICESTERSHIRE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-83AC8A
Object type: BELT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy belt mount, 24mm long, 12mm wide and 5mm thick with a weight of 2.24grams. The object consist of a central with a smaller projecting domed fitting at each end. The smaller fittings contain a central fixing hole and each component is hollow. The central dome is decorated with a central band of incised cross hatched lines.
Created on: Wednesday 7th December 2016
Last updated: Friday 6th January 2017
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Record ID: LEIC-E6DB71
Object type: BELT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy belt fitting, 41mm in length, 22mm wide and 3mm thick with a weight of 12.48grams. The object is S shaped with an oval cross section. It is decorated with a series of transverse incised lines across its surface and one rounded end is wider than the other, representing a snakes head. This part of the object has iron deposited inside its 'loop'.
Created on: Thursday 7th July 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 20th July 2016
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Record ID: LEIC-6B3906
Object type: BELT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early post medieval copper alloy belt fitting, 31mm long, 8mm wide and 4mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 6.87grams. The object consists of an S shaped shaft with turned in terminals cast to resemble animal (snake?) heads. One head touches a central raised ridge formed of three rounded projections. The surface of the fitting is silvered and is decorated with linear depressions.
Created on: Wednesday 18th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 18th January 2012
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Record ID: LEIC-925466
Object type: BELT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Post Medieval copper alloy belt fitting, 31mm long, 17mm wide and 2mm thick with a weight of 2.86g. The object consists of a circular shaped and cross sectioned loop with a small tri-lobed terminal. This has with two circular fixing holes at each side lobe, one still has an iron rivet in place. There is a possible third hole in the central lobe and these would have attached the object to a sword belt or similar.
Created on: Wednesday 13th March 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 13th March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Peckleton', grid reference and parish protected.