Record ID: SWYOR-50F055
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval cast copper alloy strap fitting; a strap slide with an integral external rivet dating from AD 1250 - 1400. It has a rectangular loop with bevelled edges, and a short central rivet projecting form the external face of the back of the loop. Measurements are; length 13.6mm, width 11.8mm, thickness 2.4mm and weight 0.77g.
Created on: Monday 15th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-49E053
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy strap fitting; part of a sword belt fitting dating from around AD 1500-1700. The set would have consisted of a plate with three loops descending from it, and three scabbard hooks of which this is one. The hook plate is broadly heart shaped with a large trilobed terminal at one end, and the other end is missing. The front of the scabbard hook is decorated with a moulded foliage design. The hook for attaching to the plate is missing. On the rear, which is generally flat, there are signs of a rivet hole just above the hook, and ano…
Created on: Monday 27th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 15th January 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-483E6F
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Medieval split pin dating from AD 1200 - 1400, probably part of a strap fitting. The object is a loop with a shaft which is split into two pieces each of D shaped cross-section. One tapers to a point and one is incomplete. The loop is sub-triangular in plan. There are traces of gilding. Measurements are; length 38.4mm, width 12.2mm, thickness 5.8mm and weight 5.06g. Compare SUR-7BF735 which cites various parallels as follows: "Geake (2001, Ill. 16). Goodall (2011, 378-379; fig. 13.8, nos L91-92) illustrates similar fittings, interpreted as connecti…
Created on: Monday 27th November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 11th January 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-835776
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded copper alloy Medieval pendent loop and bar mount dating from AD 1350 - 1400. It is a stirrup shaped frame; an oval loop with a collar and knop at the apex, in the same style as a  Cassels type 1.5C buckle. Attached to the bar is the corroded remains of the bar mount, which is bent over into the space in the centre of the frame. The object is 15.7mm long, 10.9mm wide, 7.4mm thick and weighs 1.70g. See https://finds.org.uk/counties/findsrecordingguides/pendent-loops/
Created on: Monday 18th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 18th October 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-A2A8EE
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy strap fitting; a sword belt fitting set of which one hook and part of the plate survive, dating from around AD 1500-1700.  The looped plate has curvilinear outlines including a trilobed end terminal. The surviving loop descends from the terminal. The other end is broken. The front is decorated with moulded foliage designs. There is a rivet hole in the terminal, and a further rivet hole in the centre of the plate. The plate is corroded.  Attached through the loop is a complete scabbard hook. It has matching foliate decoration and&nbs…
Created on: Monday 14th August 2023
Last updated: Friday 25th August 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-0DE00B
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy strap fitting, probably a strap slide of Roman date, AD 43 - 410. The object is circular in plan and D-shaped in cross-section. It is decorated with eight evenly spaced pointed oval petals moulded in relief. Each oval has two longitudinal curved grooves along it. They surround a central annulet. Corrosion within the annulet suggests that there may have been a separate central stud, now missing, fixed though a hole in the centre of the fitting. The reverse of the object is flat except for a a scar in the centre (from the missing stud) and two integral stubs of t…
Created on: Monday 7th August 2023
Last updated: Friday 23rd February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-227544
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Medieval pendant loop and bar mount dating from AD 1350 - 1400. The loop is annular, sub-circular and is of D shaped cross-section. The bar mount is rectangular and slender. One end is bevelled. The other narrows then bends backwards to form a U shaped suspension loop, the end of which is riveted to the back of the mount. The object is 17.2mm long, 9.6mm wide, 4.2mm thick and weighs 0.85g. See https://finds.org.uk/counties/findsrecordingguides/pendent-loops/ and page 221 in Egan and Pritchard (1991).
Created on: Monday 15th May 2023
Last updated: Thursday 25th May 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-21DA04
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy hooked strap fitting/sword belt fitting of Post Medieval date, AD 1500 - 1700.  The plate is sub-rectangular in plan with concave sides, and a concave reverse. At one end is an open rolled backwards hook. This hook would have probably held a small loop but this is now missing. There are two rivet holes on the plate, both on the centre line. The object is 27.8mm long, 11.3mm wide, 6.6mm thick and weighs 2.41g. Two close parallels for this object are noted in Margeson 1993 'Norwich Households: Medieval and Post-Medieval Finds from Norwich Surv…
Created on: Monday 15th May 2023
Last updated: Thursday 25th May 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-A2097E
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy zoomorphic strap end from the Early Medieval period, AD 850 - 1100. Only the zoomorphic terminal at the closed end survives. It is probably part of a Thomas Class F strap end. The terminal is ppointed and moulded into an animal head with rounded ears, brown ridges, oval eyes and a narrow snout. Above the head is a narrower neck which just widens again before the break, which reveals the split characteristic of cast strap ends. Length: 27.06mm Width: 15.55mm Thickness: 4.96mm Weight: 6.95g This type of strap-end is Thomas's Class F, and…
Created on: Monday 13th February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd February 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-4AE0D8
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Iron Age object, probably a strap slide or brooch, but possibly a range of other objects, dating from about 300 BC - 150 BC, or perhaps to AD 100. The object is two hollow lobes or hemispheres, cast in one next to each other forming a bar of two domes. One lobe is marginally bigger than the other. They are hollow on the reverse. There are the broken remains of two fixing points on the reverse. One is just a scar where the projecting element has broken off. The other is a short projecting bar, rectangular in cross-section, that slopes away from the r…
Created on: Monday 28th November 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 17th January 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-6738D4
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a copper alloy Medieval strap slide dating from AD 1150 - 1400. Only the front edge survives. It is sub-rectangular, tapering at both ends, and has a central rounded boss. It is D shaped in cross-section. At one end there is a right angle bend where part of the side survives, but the other side and the back are missing, making it impossible to know what type of rivet and/or projections it had. The object is 17.2mm long, 7.0mm wide, 5.5mm thick and weighs 1.80g. See https://finds.org.uk/counties/findsrecordingguides/strap-slides/#Medievalstrap-slides.
Created on: Monday 24th October 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 16th November 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-FEF37A
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval copper alloy strap slide or strap fitting, dating from AD 1550 - 1700. It is sub-rectangular with integral lugs projecting from the reverse, one at each end, which may have joined to form a square loop. The front is a plate comprised of three sets of flanking lobes spaced evenly along a central bar which has a triangular cross-section. The mount has moulded and gilded decoration of uncertain form, possibly foliate. It is 24.3mm long, 5.6mm wide and 9.5mm thick. 3.9g. Compare SUR-EE4C76 and Maslin (2021) Finds Research Group Datasheet 55.
Created on: Thursday 14th July 2022
Last updated: Monday 25th July 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-ADC234
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy probable belt plate or belt stiffener of late Roman date, AD 300 - 500, possibly later reused as a rectangular mount of uncertain date. The mount is a flat, long rectangular sheet of copper alloy. There is a copper alloy rivet in the centre of each end. One face of the plate is decorated. There is a recessed channel along one long edge and one short edge, containing a row of reserved metal lozenges. These are very small, giving a beaded or billeted effect. On the outside of the beaded border is a shallow wide grooved border on the edge of the plate. The long edge i…
Created on: Monday 4th October 2021
Last updated: Friday 29th October 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-5099D6
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy eye section from a post-Medieval toggle clasp, probably from a sword belt and dating from AD 1500 - 1700. The clasp is incomplete. It has rectangular plate containing a rectangular eye, with an arched and decorated bar across one end. The decoration is diagonal grooves. A flatter raised bar marks the other end of the eye, and a perforated plate extending beyond this is mostly missing. A circular loop projects from one side near the arched end. There are traces of a silver coating. It is 23.3mm long, 20.6mm wide and 2.8mm thick. 3.6g. Similar fittings are illus…
Created on: Tuesday 24th August 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 5th January 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-7139CB
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Post Medieval strap fitting or mount dating from the AD 1600 - 1700. It is a small strap mount in the form of a fleur-de-lis with openwork petals and a base of three spikes. Two horizontal grooves form a border across the base of the fleur. The tip of the central lobe of the fleur is missing. On the reverse are the remains of two attachment spikes. They are integral, both circular-sectioned and snapped off. They probably would have bent over to grip the leather. The mount is 17.95mm long, 15.98mm wide and 5.16mm thick. 1.96g. Compare GLO-A4FDDE and SUR-F562E4.
Created on: Wednesday 14th April 2021
Last updated: Friday 23rd July 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-8321FB
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post-Medieval cast copper alloy S shaped strap fitting or belt fastening, possibly a sword belt fitting dating from about AD 1500 - 1900. The end of the fitting is zoomorphic, in the form of snake or swan head, with a scale or feather pattern on the neck. The opposite end is broken and the head is missing. The centre of the fitting is decorated with two circumferential ribs, with a ring of leaves on the outer edge of each. Both faces of the fastener are decorated. There is an overall green and brown patina to the artefact. 34.6mm long, 18.6mm wide and 4.6mm thick. 6g. …
Created on: Sunday 28th June 2020
Last updated: Saturday 29th August 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-CED98F
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy pendent loop of Medieval date, about AD 1300 - 1400. It is an openwork frame which is roughly quatrefoil, but which is straight at each end and with convex sides, leaving a roughly heart shaped opening in the centre because there is corrosion filling the upper and lower lobes. This loop would have been suspended from a bar mount on a belt. It is 14.9mm long, 11.9mm wide and 4mm thick. It weighs 1.91g. Compare Egan and Pritchard (1993) page 221, number 1189 and NARC-F0C922.
Created on: Monday 2nd September 2019
Last updated: Friday 19th March 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-BD22A6
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy probable strap slide of late Iron Age to Roman date, about 100 BC - AD 200. The object appears to be the front part of a rectangular loop. The sides are flat thin plates, with a rounded end at the front, and turning inwards at the back of the loop, at least, on one side. The front is decorated with a bi-concave moulding, D shaped in section, with the ends of the sides projecting forward to form a slight ridge at each end, and a very pronounced ridge or semi-circular disc or flange projecting in the centre. The loop has a grey green patina. It is 19.2mm long,…
Created on: Friday 15th March 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-D2CC67
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible incomplete Post Medieval strap fitting or strap mount dating from AD 1500 - 1700. It is a strip of copper alloy that tapers into a hook at one end (now incomplete) and expands to form a plate at the other end. The plate is incomplete, but contains two iron rivets in the centre, one above the other. The plate is roughly heart shaped with a bilobed top, concave between the two corner lobes. When complete, the loop or hook would probably have been closed, riveted on to the back of the plate. SUSS-80D571 is similar and cites Read (1988: Fig 21, no.13) who illustrates a similar …
Created on: Monday 4th March 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 6th March 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-A92E2E
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval strap fitting; the hook piece from a sword belt fitting dating from AD 1500 - 1700. The plate is sub-triangular in basic outline, with a wide three lobed terminal at one end, and the other end missing where there would have been a narrower terminal and a hook probably. The plate is pierced by a circular rivet hole in the middle of the trilobed terminal. The front of the plate is decorated with an incuse foliate design covering the plate. The sword belt fitting has a grey patina. It is 28mm long, 20.4mm wide and 2.6mm thick. 4.4g. Compare SWYOR-15C8D9 and WILT-684…
Created on: Friday 7th December 2018
Last updated: Thursday 20th December 2018
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