Record ID: HAMP-CE1C5A
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval copper-alloy double sheet strap end, with a crenelated end and rocker-arm decoration, dating to the period 1200-1500. The strap end is incomplete insofar as one end of the upper sheet appears damaged and missing; the non-crenelated end has rocker-arm decoration extending to the end (suggesting it originally extended beyond it), and does not mirror the shape of the other sheet. The lower plate apparently has a recent break at its tip. The strap end measures 40.56mm in length and 17.94mm in width. The rocker-arm decoration on the sheet appears to have divided t…
Created on: Monday 16th January 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 18th January 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Woodford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-294347
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete medieval copper-alloy composite strap end with a cast integral forked spacer plate, dating to the period 1100-1500. The frame is U-shaped, with two U-shaped sheets of metal, one on either side. These are held in place by a single rivet at the base of each plate (on the curve of the U, almost a point). The terminal is oval in shape. From the curve of the frame extends a zoomorphic moulding, 4.87mm maximum width and 2.28mm in thickness. Beyond a collar at the widest point below the frame are three thicker transverse mouldings with recesses between. The mouldings presumably re…
Created on: Thursday 15th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 10th January 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Coombe Bissett', grid reference and parish protected.