Record ID: WMID-136A33
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy strap slide or fitting, of Roman to Post Medieval dating (AD 43 to AD 1600). The strap slide consists of a rectangular bar with incomplete ends. One end exhibits a 90 degree bend. The breaks are patinated.  It measures 31.0 mm in length, 8.9 mm wide and 10.3 mm thick. It weighs 8.9 g. The strap slide is a dark green to brown colour, with an even surface patina. Abrasion, caused by movement whilst within the plough soil, has resulted in a loss of some of the original surface detail. This fragment is from the back of a strap slide, which could be Roman…
Created on: Wednesday 26th January 2022
Last updated: Thursday 9th November 2023
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Record ID: WMID-AAF337
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy strap distributor or fitting of Uncertain date, but probably of the Early Medieval to Post Medieval period, dating from c. AD 800 - c. AD 1600. The object is broadly circular in section. There is a thin D shaped loop at one end with angular loops next to the strap bar. The loop is flat and is rectangular in section. There is an incomplete circular sectioned strap bar extending from the centre of the inner loop. The strap bar is incomplete and has been broken at the terminal end, presumed in antiquity. There are faint traces of decoration on both sides of …
Created on: Thursday 17th September 2015
Last updated: Monday 28th September 2015
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