Record ID: NMGW-6E7114
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Decorative copper alloy fitting or mount of uncertain purpose, probably of Roman date. The fitting has two triangular cells filled with blue enamel either side of a plain and rectangular panel. The panel has a circular drilled hole which is positioned off-centre. On the rear of the piece are two T-shaped (one damaged) lugs, presumably to aid attachment. The rear of the hole is chamfered or countersunk and exhibits evidence of iron corrosion, implying an iron attachment rivet. Analysis of the enamel using a scanning electron microscope indicates the enamel is consistent with those used …
Created on: Monday 23rd June 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-716372
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy strap hooked fitting, possibly associated with a sword belt, probably of 16th or 17th century date. The mount has scrolled foliate decoration on its face. It would have had two suspension loops, one is now broken. The mount has an elaborate shape with trifoliate terminal and widens to the mid-point where it becomes waisted either side of the attachment loops. The mount is likely to have had three attachment holes, one at each terminal and one in the centre, one of the holes retains an iron pin. The mount has an old break at one end, and has broken into two pieces recently.…
Created on: Monday 23rd June 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-2DCC16
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
This would appear to be a cast belt mount of triangular form with two opposing lugs on the sides near the top, and a more substantial lozenge shaped projection on the base. The mount has a central triangular opening. The apex of the mount is slightly expanded into a relatively long thin lozenge motif. The surface decoration has eroded but seems to have been a hatched design in low relief contained within a border. There are organic remnants surviving on the reverse of the mount consisting of a coarse wool weave over a leather backing. The wool is observable through the central opening…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd July 2003
Last updated: Friday 12th February 2016
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Record ID: NMGW-994E44
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Newport
Workflow stage: Published
Looped belt hook of Post Medieval date, possibly 17th Century and probably associated with a sword belt. The fitting has a thin rectangular attachment plate, which is folded by means of the suspension loop to the rectangular back plate. The plate has four rivet holes. The loop runs into the plate with a defined V shaped projection. None of the original surface survives, now making it uncertain as to what decoration existed.
Created on: Monday 7th July 2003
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd July 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-BF1FA1
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Non-figurative cast copper alloy mount, probably from a belt or similar and of Late Medieval or Early Post Medieval date. The mount has a slightly domed profile with a trilobed top edge and a single rounded terminal at the bottom. There is a single rounded projection on each side. The face carries a raised, probable floral design consisting of a stem with two leaves (occupying the side projections) and a flower at the apex. There is a single iron attachment rivet at the top of the mount.
Created on: Wednesday 9th July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-BF3906
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast looped belt fitting, probably of Late Medieval or Post Medieval date. The belt fitting has an exterior rectangular panel with integral round rivet at the rear. No evidence for decoration survives on the panel. The loop is of sub-rectangular cross-section and ends in a lozenge-shaped terminal with a central perforation containing the hammered over rivet.
Created on: Wednesday 9th July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-C3D718
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Cast hooked suspension ring, probably a strap fitting of Roman date. The fitting has a circular ring of sub-square cross section. The junction between the ring and hook has a low square collar and the hook ends in a moulded rounded terminal.
Created on: Wednesday 9th July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-416557
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Possible fragment of a cast Roman enamelled belt plate broken at both ends. The piece has low flanges on each side. The decoration consists of a series of ovals each divided into quarters containing pellets and (?) crescents, with small lozenges between the oval motifs. The recesses between the decoration were filled with blue enamel. The rear of the piece has a black patina or coating. Possibly dating to the late 1st or early 2nd century AD.
Created on: Tuesday 15th July 2003
Last updated: Tuesday 12th February 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-D5A061
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Gilt copper alloy belt or strap hooked fitting, probably of Late Medieval or Early Post-Medieval date. This is a mount, probably originally associated with a belt on to which a sword or dagger scabbard would have been hung from the loop. The mount plate is sub-rectangular and gently concave in profile. At the apex of the mount the plate bends and becomes convex in profile. Near the base of the mount plate is the only rivet, around which evidence of the gilding survives. The loop gently curves outwards, and forms a tear shaped opening. The loop terminal on the reverse is expanded where…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd July 2003
Last updated: Tuesday 10th July 2018
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-A7CAA1
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy belt or harness mount of quatrefoil design with an open work central cross. The mount is likely to be Late Medieval or Early Post-Medieval in date. The mount is flat and made of thin sheet copper alloy. The two integral rivet attachments are present on the reverse. The surface of the artefact has recently been mechanically removed.
Created on: Friday 1st August 2003
Last updated: Wednesday 6th February 2019
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-23F562
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper Alloy belt mount of Post Medieval date, probably 17th century. The mount has an attachment loop at the top of a decorative, flat-bottomed heart shaped panel. The panel is decorated with scroll design and has an iron attachment rivet near the bottom of the panel. The bottom of the mount has a suspension loop on one side and a central rectangular opening framed by two bars with transverse grooves. The bottom cross bar rises with a U-shape, suggesting a fitting could be inserted into the recess.
Created on: Tuesday 19th August 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-B81436
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Post-Medieval copper alloy hooked belt fitting, probably dating to the 17th century. The fitting is generally of sub-lozenge shape with attachment loops at the end and two near the rectangular hooked terminal. The sides end in scrolls. The face is decorated with a floral motif composed of a central raised circle surrounded by oval and circular petals.
Created on: Tuesday 26th August 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-A84458
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy post-medieval S-shaped 'snake belt' fastener, probably of 16th or 17th century date. The fastener is decorated on both faces with animal-head terminals and with moulded scale-like decoration before a central circular floral motif.
Created on: Friday 30th January 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd July 2014
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-A0EC15
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Small cast ring with loop, probably an inner piece from a composite strap fitting of Late Bronze Age date, and probably of Ewart Park (c. 950 - 750 BC) or Llyn Fawr (c. 750 - 500BC) metalworking tradition. The ring is D-shaped with an integral rectangular delicate loop on the straight side. The faces are flat and the external sides are rounded. The interior is faceted, with possible wear facets along the straight side.
Created on: Wednesday 11th February 2004
Last updated: Thursday 3rd August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-E21B25
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy strap hooked fitting with loop attachment, of Post Medieval date, and probably dating to the first half of the 17th century. The mounts were likely to be associated with a sword belt and scabbard. The hooked fitting (44.7x17.8x10.1mm) is convex and has an outward-turning hook. The panel is oval and simply decorated with two central incised lines. The mount has a knop at the apex and was secured by two rivets and. The associated looped fitting (30.9x12.3x2.7mm) is still attached to the mount and comprises a loop above a collar. The panel has a single large iron rivet at the base.
Created on: Tuesday 27th April 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-493F4D
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy looped pendant mount probably of late 16th or early 17th century date The mount is near-complete and has a separate annular ring suspended from the loop (with an overall length of 36.7mm, a thickness of 1.6mm and a weight of 2.1g). The upper edge (with a width of 11.8mm) bifurcates slightly and appears to be heavily worn. The sides are straight and convergent to loop at the base. The mount was secured using two iron pins placed off-centre, the corroded remains of which remain in place. The loop (with a depth of 6.2mm) has a small opening at the rear and…
Created on: Monday 2nd March 2015
Last updated: Monday 21st August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-4ABDDE
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy strap-slide, for holding down the free end of a strap. Probably of late 13th or 14th century date The strap-slide is a trapezoidal frame with external rivet (with a length of 16.2mm and a weight of 1.6g). The trapezoid (with a width at the apex of 16.1mm, at the base of 13.9mm and with internal dimensions of 13.5mm x 8.9mm) has an expanded top edge (with a width of 4.6mm), while the rest of the frame has a consistent rectangular section (2.8mm wide and 1.5mm thick). The attachment rivet is circular-sectioned (1.9mm diameter and 3.9mm long) and appears to be in…
Created on: Tuesday 25th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 14th June 2016
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Record ID: NMGW-A35086
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy sword belt fitting of 16th to 17th century date The fitting is near-complete, missing one of the hooked mounts, with the remaining two mounts corroded against the plate (with a length of 68.5mm and a weight of 37.4g). The plate mount (2.4mm thick) has trefoil terminals with a perforation at each terminal and at the centre (3.0mm diameter). The mount is decorated on its face with moulded vegetal and floral scrolls. The top edge is of undulating form while the base has three integral suspension loops, each of which contains the separate hooked mounts (48.…
Created on: Tuesday 10th February 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 30th April 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-FFE425
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description A copper alloy fitting of unknown date, likely Medieval or Post Medieval (c. AD 1100-1800). The object is rectangular in plan with a central rivet on one end. Two grooves run the length of the object and one appears to have chevron decoration. The object is an uneven mid-green patina and measures 15.5mm in length, 5.2mm width 2.3mm thick and weighs 0.8g.
Created on: Monday 4th May 2020
Last updated: Friday 19th June 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-0051F2
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description An incomplete copper alloy fitting of unknown date, likely Medieval to Post Medieval (c. AD 1100-1800). The object is sub-trapezoidal in plan and has a single central rivet on one end. Traces of gold gilding on both sides. The tapered end folds onto itself suggesting it may have been a folded plate for a buckle with the other half broken off sometime in antiquity. The object is a mid-green patina with traces of gold gilding and measures 6.1mm in length, 8.5mm width, 2.3mm thick and weighs 0.6g.
Created on: Monday 4th May 2020
Last updated: Friday 19th June 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-67079C
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy fragment, probably a strap fitting or buckle, of Medieval date probable 13th-15th century AD. The obverse is decorated with incised lines in a geometric motif with incised cast border and dashes inside. The image may have been zoomorphic, possibly a mythical beast. The irregular dashed line motif within a curved solid border is characteristic of depictions of wyverns or Amphisbaena (a serpentine creature with a head at each end) elsewhere in the database e.g. NARC-0F0620, HAMP-AFC375, SUR-03156A. The reverse is plain and worn with scratches/filing acros…
Created on: Thursday 21st May 2020
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2021
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-F8AC84
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy open work, hooked mount of Post Medieval date. The mount has a heart shaped frame with a pair of equally spaced circles, one of which is perforated, above a trapezoidal void beneath. Above the central part of the mount is a perforated projecting lobe, likely to fit a now absent rivet, while below the centre of the mount is a similar perforated lobe that continues and tapers into a rearwards facing hook. This lower perforation contains the corroded remains of an iron rivet. These mounts are often referred to a sword hangers, and are typical of the 16th a…
Created on: Tuesday 9th June 2020
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-B27B45
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy strap fitting The fitting is of uncertain function comprises a folded sheet plate (with a length of 24.8mm and weighing 5.1g). The attachment end is bicuspid with a central notch and respects the two separate attachment rivets beneath the end, which remain in place. The sides are straight and near-parallel (19.8mm wide) to the outside end. The body of the mount is has a typical space to accommodate a strap (2.6mm deep) but the terminal is rounded and expanded (with a diameter of 4.2mm) as if to accept a bar, or similar. The front palate is decorated with a c…
Created on: Tuesday 30th June 2020
Last updated: Monday 12th October 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-EF7143
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy strap loop of late 13th or 14th century date The strap has a trapezoidal (or sub-rectangular) frame with external integral rivet (with an overall length of 15.5mm and a weight of 1.8g). The trapezoidal frame is widest at it outside end (with an external width of 15.4mm and internal dimensions of 11.7mm x 7.5mm) narrowing slightly to the attachment end (with a width of 13.4mm). The frame is of rectangular section, widest on the outside edge (4.0mm wide and 3.0mm wide elsewhere). The attachment rivet is circular-sectioned (2.6mm diameter and 4.8mm long) and pl…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-83A247
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Flintshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman Copper alloy strap looped mount or strap-fitting, probably of first to early 2nd century AD date The mount was of quadrangular or sub-lozenge form and is incomplete, missing one side (with an overall height of 22.7mm, a length of 32.5mm, a surviving width of 19.2mm and a weight of 13.7g). At the centre of the mount is a raised oval boss (13.5mm x 10.6mm) defined by encircling groove. Around the boss each of surviving lobes is concave, projecting upwards at their terminals. No other applied decoration is evident on the mount. The underside is concave and dished. The integral…
Created on: Monday 1st February 2021
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-AAFB92
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy strap loop with separate rivet of 14th or 15th century date The cast strap loop is of D-shaped form with a prominent knop on the outside edge of the frame (with an overall length of 23.8mm and a weight of 3.3g). The terminal knop is oval sectioned (5.3mm long, 4.2mm wide and 5.0mm high) and has a ribbed border before the frame. The frame and bar are sub-rectangular sectioned (4.3mm wide and 1.9mm thick) and the sides of the frame are near-parallel, slightly convex. The bar has a circular perforation (2mm diameter) near the centre. The surface has a pale grey…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-1467E5
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy strap mount The mount is near-complete with slight peripheral damage (with a weight of 17.9g). The front of the mount comprises two conjoined discs (with a width / diameter of 20.0 and 20.1mm, a length of 39.2mm and a thickness of 2.8mm – 3.6mm). The face is flat with no applied decoration evident. The rear of the face is near-flat and has the integral loop. The loop is rectangular (5.8mm long, 8.9mm high and giving an overall depth of 12.0mm and with internal dimensions of 2.5mm x 5.5mm). The loop has rectangular-sectioned (5.7mm wide x 7mm sides and 3mm thi…
Created on: Monday 8th February 2021
Last updated: Monday 8th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-3E43C7
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy belt or strap mount, of 16th or 17th century date The cast mount is near-complete and is of quatrefoil form, comprising a cross with open circles between the arms (with a length and width of 24.2mm – 24.5mm, a thickness of 2.2mm and a weight of 4.6g). The terminals of the cross arms are expanded with a central knop. The centre of the mount is decorated with an incised, concave-sided lozenge. The grooves cross and extend onto the terminals. The rear of the mount has two integral attachment pins, now truncated (giving a maximum surviving depth of 5.4mm)…
Created on: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 10th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-4125B7
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Roman copper alloy belt fitting, probably a strap-end of 4th or 5th century date The cast fitting is complete (with a length of 21.9mm, a width of 40.2mm and a weight of 3.5g) and has openwork decoration. One end has a linear bar (3.4mm wide, 3.7mm long and 1.5mm thick) from the centre of which springs two opposing C-scrolls, with internal knop and defining two sub-circular or kidney-shaped apertures. At the apex is a flaring central feature with an incised central line. No applied decoration is evident elsewhere on the fitting. The fitting was attached using an integral squ…
Created on: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-F6BB9D
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy fitting Post Medieval Date (AD 1500-1700). The object may be a dress hook or, since it is decorated on both sides, a watch winder. The face is decorated in a floral motif framed by incised lines forming an elongated crown shape. Both lateral points of the ‘crown’ terminate in sub-rectangular knops (5.9mm wide) with the central point terminating in a hexagonal knop (5.1mm wide) with a central recessed circular cell (2.5mm diameter). The bottom of the ‘crown’ is decorated with incised linework in the shape of a fan or floral motif with pointed en…
Created on: Monday 15th March 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 5th May 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-AA9664
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy strap slide of post medieval date (c. 1650-1800). The object is roughly circular in plan, with a slightly convex front face, c.2mm thick. Two flattened-oval sectioned lugs project from opposite ends of the reverse face, each is covered by iron corrosion product, presumably from iron rivets or inserts to the lugs. Incised curved lines radiating from a central circle decorate the front face of the object. There is some suggestion of finer decoration between the radiating lines, but the loss of the original surface to corrosion obscures any further definition. The object i…
Created on: Tuesday 11th May 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 11th May 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-786C76
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy strap slide with internal projections of medieval date (c.1150-1400 AD). The object is slightly trapezoidal (23.4mm wide at the inside edge compared to 27.4mm at the outside), and rectangular in section. The outside edge is decorated- there are two non-identical knops at the corners of the edge, and two central paired knop mouldings. Two opposed internal projections near the inside edge. The maximum width for a strap through the base would have been 19.2mm. No.1260 (pg 233-234, fig. 149) is a similar example in Egan and Pritchard (2002).
Created on: Tuesday 7th September 2021
Last updated: Thursday 23rd September 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-7873BE
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy strap slide with internal projections of medieval date (c.1150-1400 AD). The object is slightly trapezoidal (17.6mm wide at the inside edge compared to 19.3mm at the outside). The object is undecorated. Two opposed internal projections near the inside edge. The maximum width for a strap through the base would have been 14.3mm. No.1258 (pg 233-234, fig. 149) is a similar example in Egan and Pritchard (2002).
Created on: Tuesday 7th September 2021
Last updated: Thursday 23rd September 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-52968B
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy pendant loop of 17th century date The pendant loop comprises a mount, circular ring and separate rivets (with an overall length of 35.7mmand a weight of 3.0g). The mount is widest at its apex (with a width of 12.5mm, length of 30.2mm and a thickness of 2mm) with a bifurcating top edge. The sides gradually converge towards its base. The mount is convex across its width but flat across its length. No decoration is discernible on the corroded surface. The mount was secured using two iron rivets (2.8mm diameter) which remain in place. The hook at the base is …
Created on: Monday 20th October 2014
Last updated: Monday 21st August 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-C2D779
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy swivel strap fitting, probably of 12th or 13th century date The cast fitting is complete but is corroded (with an overall length 46.5mm and a weight of 35.0g) and comprises two symmetrical halves, now corroded and seized. At the base and apex are sub-oval, integral loops (15mm long and 22.4mm wide and 10mm x 12mm internal) of faceted oval section. The terminals of the loop are zoomorphic, depicting stylised beasts with their mouths opened and biting down on the central section. The beasts have oval ears at the rear, defined by a moulding and internal groove.…
Created on: Monday 11th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 11th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-DDABA3
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval ‘Anglo-Scandinavian’ copper alloy belt fitting (strap guide) probably of 10th or 11th century date The cast mount is of rectangular form and is complete but is heavily-corroded (with an overall length of 22.3mm, a width of 19.7mm and a weight of 5.7g). The head (18.2mm long, 9.0mm wide and 7.2mm thick) is of bilobed form, with a central ridge and a possible triangular moulding on the ends. The sides and base are of irregular rectangular section (with a width of 2.2mm – 5.0mm and a thickness of 0.8mm – 2.5mm). The surface is corroded with a dark-gree…
Created on: Tuesday 12th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 12th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-DDB96E
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probable head of a copper alloy strap-guide of medieval date The cast fragment comprises the head only (with a width of 21.5mm, a surviving length of 5.5mm and a weight of 1.7g). At the centre of the head is a rounded lobe (5.8mm wide and 3.8mm thick), each side of which the head is of D-shaped section (3mm diameter and 2.0mm – 2.5mm thick). The underside of the head is flat. The guide has broken below the turn to the sides on each end. The surface has a green-brown patina.
Created on: Tuesday 12th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 12th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-5BC308
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near-complete copper alloy mount, probably a strap mount or ‘pressure tectonic’ of Late Iron Age or early Roman date (c. 100 BC-AD 200). The mount is triangular in plan (17.3mm wide at the base x 42.5mm distorted length) and open in the centre with two integrally cast concentric knops on the apex (c.6.7mm diameter). The knops are centrally perforated with iron rivets, both surviving and in situ but corroded and broken. Three small integrally cast conical copper alloy rivets preserve on the reverse, one at the apex just before the lugs (3.9mm depth) and at a rivet at both base an…
Created on: Wednesday 5th January 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 26th January 2022
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-A40981
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of copper alloy sheet plate mount or fitting with gilding remnants and a rivet, likely of medieval date, potentially from a buckle. The plate is made of 0.8mm thick copper alloy sheet and was likely rectangular in shape, with two surviving parallel edges, the other two edges ending in uneven transverse breaks. A c. 3mm diameter, 3.65mm deep rivet is fixed equidistantly from the two surviving edges. The fixing of this rivet bent the plate inwards around the rivet. The front of the plate is decorated by double rows of punched decoration along both edges, and was once covered b…
Created on: Monday 14th February 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 25th October 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-B37292
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Post Medieval sword belt fitting, dating from around the 16th - 17th century. The object consists of a flat plate with a tri-lobed top and a foliate incised design to the surface. At the bottom of the plate is a hook with a rounded terminal. Hanging from the hook is a suspension loop which has a horizontal break under the hole. The top of the fitting features a tri-lobed design, the side lobes being longer than the central lobe. Under the central lobe is an iron rivet (4.7mm in diameter). Below is a narrowed waist (9.6mm in width) which then expands (t…
Created on: Sunday 16th October 2022
Last updated: Monday 31st October 2022
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-08658C
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval, Anglo-Saxon copper alloy harness mount, probably of 7th or 8th century date The cast mount is of rectangular form and is incomplete, missing the integral loop (with a length of 24.6mm, a width of 14.9mm, a surviving depth of 7.7mm and a weight of 6.1g). The mount has geometric decoration in cast-relief, probably of Style II. The decoration is arranged around a central vertical rib, which undulates over raised mouldings at each terminal and incorporates a central oval boss (giving the mount a maximum thickness of 5.2mm). The rib is enhanced with three fine grooves. The …
Created on: Thursday 14th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 26th January 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-F41833
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Two-piece strap end, probably of Late Medieval or Early Post-Medieval date. Both plates are the same size and are both shield-shaped. The front plate is decorative with a top and bottom scroll surrounding the letters I H S, presumably a monogram. Within the arms of the letter ‘H’ is a small central pink stone setting. The back plate is substantially thinner than the front and is plain with a central keyhole. The two plates have been riveted together with three rivets, one at the base and two at the sides, giving the strap end the characteristic V-shaped profile.
Created on: Tuesday 17th June 2003
Last updated: Friday 6th January 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-B59A34
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Carmarthenshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete Post Medieval cast copper alloy belt or strap mount, dating from the 16th or 17th century. The mount has an ornate openwork quatrefoil form (with a length of 35.7mm, width of 34.0 and a thickness of 2.0mm). From a central incised diamond or lozenge, four arms radiate to form a cross. Each of the four arms ends in a trifoliate form, these elongate at each side into scrolls which form the openwork design. The rear of the mount has three integral attachment pins, now truncated (giving a maximum surviving depth of 5.6mm). The surface is heavily ornamented with incised des…
Created on: Sunday 16th October 2022
Last updated: Friday 6th January 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-871855
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy fitting from a sword belt of Post Medieval date (c.AD 1500-1600). The fitting is comprised of a near-complete plate (surviving length 66.1mm x width 32mm x 3.3mm thick), slightly convex in section, with three integrally cast rounded suspension hoops with large circular apertures projecting from the bottom (internal hoop diameter 5.8mm). The front of the plate is decorated with an incised foliate design of stems with branching leaves. The ends of the plate are decorated with trifoliate terminals and the complete terminal is pierced by an iron rivet in sit…
Created on: Monday 20th March 2023
Last updated: Monday 20th March 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-C1DD42
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead alloy strap-end, probably of late 14th or 15th century date The strap-end is of hollow-ended type, with a cast front plate and sheet back plate. The sheet back plate has been lost. The strap-end has an overall length of 51.5mm, a maximum width at the attachment edge of 26.3mm and a weight of 13.6g. The strap was secured within a trapezoidal box with converging sides (19.7mm x 18.1mm, internal dimensions) by four copper alloy rivet, two of which remain in-situ. The front of the box was decorated with an inscription in Black Lettering. The inscription is now difficult to r…
Created on: Thursday 15th November 2007
Last updated: Friday 17th January 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-29ACE1
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The strap-end is near complete, with some damage to the attachment end. The strap was secured within a V-shaped split (12mm long), which would have been attached by two rivets near the corners, now missing. The strap-end is widest at the attachment end (with a width of 8.1mm) with straight converging sides. The face is decorated with a crudely incised geometric and linear motif. The central area of the strap-end is plain with straight parallel sides and is of D-shaped section. The sub-triangular terminal is incised with a stylised beast's head, comprising semi-circular eyes near the s…
Created on: Wednesday 11th February 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 25th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hannington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-4784C1
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure 2008. Wales : 08.21 The strap-end is in the form of a moulded rod, expanding slightly to form a bifurcated shank. It is broken across the hole for the rivet that would have secured it to the end of a leather strap. Functionally strap-ends existed to reinforce the free ends of leather belts and straps, such as the end of a belt opposite from the buckle, and in some instances to provide some extra weight to help the strap or belt-end hang properly. However, there was also a strong decorative element to them. Similar strap-ends, made of copper alloy, have been found on Roman…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2010
Last updated: Monday 29th June 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-9E75E1
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy strap-end of 9th to later 10th century date The strap-end is incomplete and slightly distorted, missing the outside edge and possibly the attachment edge (with a surviving length of 35.6mm and a weight of 7.0g). The form of strap-end corresponds with Thomas' (2004, p 4) Class F. The strap-end is widest at the attachment end (with a width of 16.9mm) and may have been attached using two circular holes (2.0mm and 1.5mm diameters) near the corners, although there is no slot to accommodate the strap. The sides are straight but irregular and converge towards the …
Created on: Friday 22nd January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 17th March 2022
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Record ID: NMGW3152
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy forked spacer from a composite strap-end with curved tapering arms and a semi-cylindrical knop. Length 37.5mm, maximum width 18mm, width of knop 12mm, weight 3.3 grams. Studies from London suggest that composite strap-ends with forked spacers are a type which was apparently not introduced prior to the late thirteenth or early fourteenth century (Egan and Pritchard 1991, 145). Following their introduction the type was used throughout the remainder of the Middle Ages and possibly later. A medieval date for this example is probable.
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2001
Last updated: Wednesday 13th November 2019
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-3A0FB5
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Published
Small copper alloy strap end composed of two pieces of sheet copper alloy riveted with two pins (still intact) near the attachment edge. The strap end has parallel sides, with the outside edge tapering to a point. The attachment edge has a V-groove between the rivets on the front sheet, and is now plain elsewhere, any possible original decoration has been lost. The rear sheet is plain. On the Inside surface of both sheets near the outside edge is a relatively thick corrosion product, possibly suggesting the use of a spacer.
Created on: Thursday 15th May 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-8E86F7
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Published
Back plate probably from a composite strap end with a forked spacer. The plate is flask-shaped, having a circular lower portion with a flat outside edge and a parallel-sided upper portion ending in a concave attachment edge. The face is plain and has two rivet holes near the attachment edge, with one pin still in place. The inner face of the plate shows the remnants of attachment of a forked spacer with a circular end. File marks are visible on the inner surface and there is the suggestion the strap end was tinned or silvered.
Created on: Monday 19th May 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-DD7465
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy strap-end, probably of Late Roman date. The strap-end is of rectangular cross-section, and carries punched and incised decoration on one face. The attachment end of the strap-end has a single copper alloy rivet, which is still in place. The neck of the strap end is split to accommodate a strap, but the rear of the forked neck is now missing. The neck gradually becomes thinner as it approaches a double ‘bird-lip’ moulding on each side. The body of the strap-end is of elongated oval shape, which appears to become more parallel-sided before an ancient break. The applied d…
Created on: Wednesday 4th June 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-32AB87
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy mount possibly depicting the Tudor Rose. The mount is decorated with two rows of ‘petals’, enclosing six pellets around a central smaller pellet. The broken attachment loop on the reverse is placed against one of the edges. One edge of the mount is missing.
Created on: Friday 20th June 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-3D3615
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast front plate of a crescentic strap end or belt chape of Late Medieval date possibly dating from the first half of the 15th century. The sub triangular terminal is decorated in low relief to resemble a bush or tree. The engraved lines within the circular body section represent the roots of the tree. The strap end was attached to the missing underplate by means of solder and four rivets, two in the crescent (now missing) and two near the terminal (still present).
Created on: Tuesday 15th July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-53CDC5
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy strap end of Medieval date, probably 14th or 15th century date. A double sheet strap end, which was attached by means of a single rivet. The plates are gently tapering with a trefoil terminal, and is crudely decorated with a punched zigzag design on one face, which only extends roughly half way along the plate. The rivet is placed off centre within the trefoil terminal. Both plates are damaged at the strap end, with more damage to the back plate.
Created on: Wednesday 16th July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-E4BB03
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Decorated copper alloy strap end of Medieval date, probably 14th or 15th century date. A double sheet strap end, attached by means of a rivet at either end. The mount is rectangular with a pointed terminal and is decorated with a double punched border, the interior line of punch marks incorporates the rivet at the terminal. The inner sheet is plain except for a small semicircular hole of uncertain function against one of the sides. The inner plate is slightly narrower than the outer plate.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-E58302
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Recorded at the Hidden Treasure Finds Day at National Museums & Galleries of Wales. Cast copper alloy strap-end, probably of Late Medieval or Post Medieval date. The strap-end is one-piece with a circular attachment panel and slotted terminal. The strap-end was attached by three rivets positioned around the attachment edge. The terminal has concave sides and ends in point. The strap-end gradually thins to the terminal. The rectangular slot in the terminal may have been used to engage a suspended fitting or similar.
Created on: Tuesday 28th October 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-0D2593
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Recorded at the Hidden Treasure Finds Day at National Museums & Galleries of Wales. Cast Medieval copper alloy one piece strap end, probably of late 14th – 15th century date. The strap end is of rectangular section and thins slightly towards the outside edge. The closed end is composed of a waisted concave bar before three broken stubs, which would have led to the missing terminal. It is possible the terminal depicted St. Christopher within an openwork leaf-terminal, as noted in the parallels below. The rectangular panel is decorated with a fairly crude incised design within a chevro…
Created on: Tuesday 11th November 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-0D50A3
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Recorded at the Hidden Treasure Finds Day at National Museums & Galleries of Wales. Copper alloy Saxon strap end, probably dating to the 9th Century AD, and belonging to Thomas' Type A. The strap end is made on a strip of sub-triangular copper alloy sheet, with a single copper alloy rivet employed to secure the strap. The face is decorated with an eroded zoomorphic terminal before a panel, split along its length by an incised line, each side containing two short arcs. The greater part of the face is made up of panel containing an incised diagonal cross, the arms of which are in-filled…
Created on: Tuesday 11th November 2003
Last updated: Saturday 1st March 2014
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-25FFA7
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast Medieval copper alloy one piece strap end, probably of late 14th – 15th century date. The strap end is of rectangular section and thins slightly towards the outside edge. The closed end is composed of a waisted concave bar before a damaged edge, which probably led to a decorative terminal. The rectangular panel on the face contains moulded cast gothic lettering, consistent with a 14th century date. The letters are contained in two rectangular cells. The cell nearest the attachment edge contains the letters: W a The lower cell contains three letters, which are more difficult …
Created on: Wednesday 12th November 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-E94356
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy strap end of Early Medieval date, probably dating to the Anglo-Saxon period and of 9th to 10th century date. The strap end is of slightly unusual form and does not easily fit into Thomas' classification. The strap end was attached to the strap by means of a sawn opening (7mm deep) and secured by a single protruding iron rivet, which is still present. The strap end tapers to its terminal with converging sides, which expand at the terminal. On either side, below the strap slot are rounded knops. The face is decorated with a moulded triangular panel before a raised deba…
Created on: Wednesday 21st January 2004
Last updated: Sunday 4th May 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-DDF863
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy composite three piece strap-end with a sheet spacer, from the Medieval Period and probably dating from the late 13th to the early 15th century. The strap-end is composed of two sheet metal plates separated by a sheet spacer occupying the whole width. The sides of the strap-end are near-parallel and the profile is slightly converging. The attachment edge has eroded, but was likely to have been straight or slightly concave, and the outside edge is curved with a pointed terminal knop. No decoration is discernible on either face, but tinning or silvering survives on both surfa…
Created on: Tuesday 9th March 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-19B242
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy three piece strap-end with forked spacer, this form of strap-end is known to have been produced from the late 13th to the early 15th century (Egan 1991), but most occur in 14th century contexts. The strap-end is composed of two tongue shaped copper alloy sheet plates with a rounded outside edge, divided by a cast forked spacer with a terminal knop. The terminal has a collar and resembles an acorn. The strap-end was secured by two rivets positioned near the attachment edge. No decoration is evident on the surface of the plates.
Created on: Wednesday 24th March 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-C98B8B
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval (Late Anglo-Saxon) copper alloy strap-end of late 8th to 11th century date The strap-end is of Thomas' (2003, p 4)[1] Class B, Type 1 and is complete but is slightly distorted (with a length of 37.5mm and a weight of 3.4g). The strap-end is widest at the split attachment end (at 8.5mm wide and 4.3mm deep), which is near-straight and the two attachment rivets remain in place. The sides of the strap-end converge towards the terminal (to a minimum width of 5.5mm where it has a thickness of 1.6mm). The shaft is mostly undecorated but had three sets of parallel incised li…
Created on: Friday 7th November 2014
Last updated: Friday 7th November 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-5E7FD2
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy strap-end of 14th to 15th century date The strap-end is heavily corroded but appears to be of composite form with a forked spacer and is likely to be near-complete (with a length of 19.4mm, a thickness of 3.1mm and a weight of 2.2g). The top edge is straight (with a width of 13.2mm) and the sides are straight and near-parallel to the rounded end. There was a terminal knop at the centre of the base. The re is no surviving decoration on either of the plates.
Created on: Friday 14th November 2014
Last updated: Friday 14th November 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-45A67E
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy zoomorphic strap-end possibly of Early Medieval, 11th century date The strap-end is complete (with a length of 27.5mm and a weight of 11.8g) but is heavily-corroded. The strap-end depicts a beast's head, cast in the round with narrowed snout, a central groove on the brow and conjoined C-shaped mouldings for ears (giving the strap-end a maximum width of 10.9mm, where it has a thickness of 8.9mm). There is the suggestion of an incised eye, on one side but is now corroded and all other detail has been lost. The underside is undecorated and gently concave. The attachment e…
Created on: Tuesday 25th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 4th August 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-4B09F6
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy strap-end of 13th to 15th century date The strap-end is of riveted, double sheet-metal type, without a spacer and is fragmentary, missing the attachment end and the break appears to have occurred relatively recently (with a surviving length of 21.4mm, a thickness of 1.7mm and a weight of 1.5g). At the break (with a width of 9.2mm), the sheet plate (with a thickness of 0.5mm) has distorted. The sides of the surviving part are straight and slightly convergent towards the terminal. The terminal is of trefoil form (with a length of 7.8mm). The two plates are sec…
Created on: Tuesday 25th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 25th November 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-A2B832
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Rhondda Cynon Taf
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late medieval copper alloy strap-end of 15th century date The strap-end is of Crescentic type and is incomplete, missing the end of the terminal and the back-plate (with a surviving length 42.0mm, a thickness of 2.8mm and a weight of 8.1g). The missing back-plate was secured with four separate rivets, which remain in place. The rear of the crescent is recessed to accommodate the strap. The strap-end has a sub-oval aperture (17.1mm wide), open at the top. The crescentic area (with a maximum width of 31.0mm) has geometric incised decoration, probably letters for a brief inscription i…
Created on: Tuesday 10th February 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 10th February 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-A2EEDE
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy openwork probable strap-end, of late medieval date. The mount is incomplete, broken at one end and possibly also broken at the other (with a surviving length of 32.2mm and a weight of 10.7g). The wider end is straight and is the thickest surviving part of the mount (with a width of 25.1mm and a thickness of 4.2mm) and appears to be near-complete but is corroded. The end is decorated on both faces with diagonal incised marks; on the front face, the marks are cut through a rounded rib, while on the rear fewer marks are cut through the edge. The sides are convex (reachi…
Created on: Tuesday 10th February 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd January 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-1FD924
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy strap-end of single sheet type, folded widthways and of late 13th to late 15th century date The strap-end is complete and of rectangular form (with a length of 20.9mm, a width of 12.2mm and a weight of 4.0g) made of folded sheet copper alloy. The strap was secured by a single separate rivet near the attachment end, which remains in place and appears more neatly finished on the front face. The attachment end remains open (with a gap of 2.6mm and a depth of 4.9mm). The sheet plate is both longer and thicker on the front plate (with a thickness of 1.2mm at the …
Created on: Monday 16th February 2015
Last updated: Monday 16th February 2015
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-0024E5
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description A copper alloy fitting of likely Medieval date (c. AD 1240-1450). The object is semi-conical in plan with one straight edge and the other curving to a rounded point with a single central rivet at the straight end. The surface is corroded so detail is uncertain, but the reverse has traces of a grooved border and appears tinned to a silvery sheen, so this may have been originally duplicated on the obverse. The metal is an uneven mid-green patina with areas of silver colour on one side. The object is likely a plate from a composite strap end with the other plate an…
Created on: Monday 4th May 2020
Last updated: Friday 19th June 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-676B07
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy Medieval single plate from a double sheet strap end type dating to 13th-15th century AD. Possibly originally with a spacer but now uncertain. The fitting is one long irregular rectangular sheet measuring 35.4mm in length, 14.1mm wide, 1mm thick (without the rivets) with a circular decorative perforation in the centre measuring 2.3mm diameter. Two copper alloy rivets are at either end of the strap fitting appx. 2mm from the edge. The obverse is decorated with incised linework comprising of transverse lines creating a thin border
Created on: Thursday 21st May 2020
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2021
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-67968D
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Caerphilly
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy sheet plate from a composite medieval strap end (c. AD 1230-1450). The plate is tongue shaped and has two holes for rivets at its squared-off end. One of the corners is missing. File marks are visible on both faces as well as traces of soldering on the terminal edges of the inside face. This object would have formed one plate on a two piece strap end or a three piece (with a spacer).
Created on: Wednesday 26th August 2020
Last updated: Monday 12th October 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-67C71D
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete sheet coper alloy strap end of Medieval date (c. AD 1350-1400). The single sheet is folded lengthways, rectangular in plan, and has a single central rivet hole at the open end. The strap end is undecorated on both sides. The object is a medium green patina and measures 15.9mm in length, 11.4mm width, 3.3mm thickness and weighs 1.32g. A parallel is illustrated in Egan and Pritchard 2008 no.601 p.131.
Created on: Wednesday 26th August 2020
Last updated: Monday 12th October 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-67F2E0
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy strap end of Medieval date (AD 1250-1400). The strap end is made of a single rectangular plate with the fold having been broken and lost sometime in antiquity. The corrosion masks any possible surface decoration, but strap ends of similar shape and size are recorded in Egan and Pritchard 2008 no.749 with punched decoration. The folded plate forms two pieces held together by five domed head rivets, one at each corner and one in the middle, of which 4 survive. The object is a green pitted patina and measures 35.6mm in length, 13.4mm width, 5.1mm thicknes…
Created on: Wednesday 26th August 2020
Last updated: Monday 12th October 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-481317
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragmentary cast copper alloy early medieval strap end with zoomorphic terminal. The object is only partial, representing roughly the front third of the complete object. The object has rounded edges that are now uneven but were likely once slightly convex, converging from the break to the terminal. The terminal of the object has a simple zoomorphic design consisting of three lobes, two of which have inscribed dot decoration. The object ends in a transverse break. The loss of original surface destroyed evidence of any trewhiddle style panel in centre. The reverse is undecorated. This…
Created on: Monday 12th October 2020
Last updated: Thursday 26th November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tormarton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-EDBA0A
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy front sheet plate from a composite medieval strap end, dating from c. 1270-1450. The plate edges taper slightly toward the terminal, which comes to an obtuse angled point. The attachment edge of the plate has a central grooved aperture flanked by two 4.7mm long rivets. The outer surface bears incised linear decoration, with a central longitudinal strip filled with parallel diagonal lines. This central strip divides two symmetrical panels filled with tessellating triangles and trapezoids. Each of the trapezoids is filled in with an incised curved zig za…
Created on: Tuesday 20th October 2020
Last updated: Thursday 26th November 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-590BC1
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy strap-end of Thomas’ (2003)[1] Class B Type 2 and of late 8th to 11th century date The cast strap-end is near-complete (with a length of 44.9mm and a weight of 6.0g). The strap-end is widest at the attachment end (at 10.4mm) and is forked (with a thickness of 3.2mm and a fork length of 10mm) with a central bifurcation on the attachment edge, around the two missing attachment rivets. The end is flat sectioned with straight sides converging towards the midsection. The strap-end has a gentle s-shaped long profile, with the curve positioned at the juncti…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-6FD7BC
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Zoomorphic copper alloy terminal possibly a strap-end The terminal is near-complete, and is very small (with an overall length of 13.4mm and a weight of 1.4g) and depicts an ox-head. The terminal comprises four plates (with a thickness of 4.4mm), secured by a single rivet (of 3mm diameter) through the centre. The two inner plates have a straight attachment edge (with a width of 5.8mm) and have straight near-parallel sides before the rounded end. There is a slight space between the two inner plate, possibly to accommodate a strap, or similar. The top plate is convex across its wid…
Created on: Tuesday 19th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-04F833
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy Strap end of Late Anglo Saxon type and of late 8th to 12th century date The strap-end is of Thomas’ (2003)[1] Class B, Type 1 and is near complete, with minor damage to the terminal (with a length of 51.9mm and a weight of 12.8g). The strap-end is widest at the attachment edge and has a slight curve (with a width of 11.4mm and a thickness of 4.5mm). The strap was secured by two rivets, which remain in position positioned close together near the centre and just below the edge. The end has a V-shaped split to accommodate the strap (11mm long). The side…
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-82B1CB
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy strap-end of 8th to 11th century The strap-end is incomplete, missing the attachment end of the front face (with a 42.7mm, and a weight of 2.5g) and appears to be of Thomas’s Class B type 1-2 (2003, p 4-6)[1]. The attachment end is widest and is forked to accommodate the strap (with a width of 6.8mm, a slot length of 12 – 13mm and a surviving depth of 2.3mm). Near the attachment end are two circular perforations (of 2.4mm diameter), one of which cuts the side. The strap-end is of sub-rectangular section (2.2mm thick) with straight sides, gradually …
Created on: Monday 1st February 2021
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-C1A589
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy strap-end of Thomas’ (2003, p 2)[1] Class A, Type 1 and probably of late-8th to 9th century date The strap-end is near-complete, missing the attachment end but is heavily worn and corroded (with a length of 36.0mm and a weight of 4.2g). The attachment end has broken through the two perforations to take the attachment rivets (with a width of 8mm and a depth of 2.9mm) with a V-shaped split (8mm long) to accommodate the strap and secured with rivets, now missing. The sides are convex with a maximum width (of 12.2mm) near the end of the slot. Much of th…
Created on: Thursday 4th February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 4th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-6A0162
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy strap-end probably of Late Roman date and of ‘narrow-amphora’ type and of 4th – 5th century date The strap-end is near-complete, with a damaged attachment end but is worn and corroded (with a length of 59.0mm and a weight of 3.8g). The strap-end was attached using two separate rivets, positioned near the corners of the forked attachment end (7.6mm wide, 3.1mm deep, with 1.3mm diameter rivet holes of sub-square form). The forked end has a V-shaped opening (11 - 13mm long). The sides of the strap-end converge with straight sides below the attachment-end (to a giv…
Created on: Friday 12th February 2021
Last updated: Friday 12th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-6A4AAD
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval (Late Saxon) copper alloy strap-end, possibly of Thomas’ (2003)[1] Class A, Type 5 and dated to the 9th century The cast strap-end is near-complete, missing the attachment end (with a length of 54.6mm and a weight of 5.4g) but is heavily-worn. The attachment end (with a width at the break of 10.0mm and a thickness of 1.9mm) has broken below the rivet holes but before the end of the split (with a surviving depth of 5mm). The sides are convex and reach its widest point near the upper third of its length (with a width of 13.8mm, a thickness of 1.5mm and 37mm above t…
Created on: Friday 12th February 2021
Last updated: Friday 12th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-F7F1A2
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy strap end of Medieval date (c. AD1400-1500). The object consists of the font plate, crescentic in plan with two arms curving upward before terminating in old breaks. One of the arms is bent and traces of gilding preserves on the bend. A large trefoilate knop (4.5mm x 19.6mm) projects from the base of the plate and is decorated in incised linework to form a floral motif. Incised linework also decorates the arms - 5 equidistant sets of three incised lines, with the sixth set apparently being the point at which arm is bent. The plate is perforated by two i…
Created on: Monday 15th March 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 21st April 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-ECEBAB
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete sheet copper alloy strap end of Medieval date (c. AD 1350-1500). The single sheet is plain, undecorated, rectangular in plan and broken at the fold with surviving dimensions of length of 29.7mm, 9.9mm wide and 0.6mm thick. A single central rivet perforates the end of the plate, the rivet still in situ with a distorted depth of 2.7mm. The object appears to have been bent in two places along its length, probably due to later activity, and surface corrosion has affected these areas. The strap end is smooth with a medium green patina and weighs 1.34g.
Created on: Wednesday 14th July 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 10th August 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-4D75E1
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy folded sheet strap end dating to the Medieval Period (c. 1270-1450 AD). The strap end is simple, being sheet of copper alloy folded widthways, and has a single rivet on one end fixed in the centre of the inside edge. Corrosion has led to the removal of some of the original surface, which is now patinated with a green- brown colour. It measures 13.12mm in length and 10.05mm in width; and 0.86g in weight.
Created on: Tuesday 24th August 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 24th August 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-4D8E20
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragmentary copper alloy strap end dating to the Medieval period. The remaining part is a sheet, which has suffered a great deal of wear and is bent in two separate areas. It has a single rivet hole at the centre of the inside edge of the sheet. Any decoration on this object is now obscured by the loss of the surface to abrasion and corrosion. The precise type of strap this sheet formed part of is uncertain, as it is missing diagnostic features necessary to identify the specific form, which would have helped date it more closely. The strap end measures 20.41mm in length, 11.34mm in …
Created on: Tuesday 24th August 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 24th August 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-3457EA
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Published
Silver strap-end with incised 'vine-scroll' interlace motifs, interwoven with harps and set around a centrally placed equal-arm cross with circular terminals. There are traces of niello, and of further decoration at the break, where the split attachment would have had two circular rivet holes (missing). The strap-end terminates in a stylised animal head with large rounded ears and small circular eyes, with incised lines on brow and to represent snout/mouth. The back is plain, apart from the suggestion of a single incised line border beneath the terminal head. The strap-end reflects…
Created on: Monday 8th July 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 5th November 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-6DF9B8
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
The strap-end is complete and comprises two parts with an additional separate rivet (with a length of 21.3mm and a weight of 2.1g). The end of the strap would have been enclosed within a lower plate (0.6mm thick) with folded sides and secured by a top plate (0.5mm thick), which is neatly soldered at the sides. The strap-end is widest at the attachment end (with a width of 9.7mm), with straight sides converging slightly to the outside edge (with a width of 9.2mm). The sides project beyond the attachment end (by 1.5mm) with an inverted V-shaped profile. The strap-end is also slightly th…
Created on: Tuesday 24th April 2012
Last updated: Thursday 24th January 2013
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Record ID: NMGW-718046
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy strap-end of Thomas's (2003, p 2) Class A and of uncertain type, possibly type 1, of late 8th or 9th century date The strap-end is near complete, missing one corner (with a length of 36.6mm and a weight of 4.2g). The attachment end undulates around the two perforations (with a width of 10mm and a thickness of 3.5mm) with a V-shaped split (11mm long) to accommodate the strap and secured at the corners with rivets, which remain in-situ (1.3mm diameter). The sides are convex (producing a maximum width of 11.8mm). There is an incised border around the central p…
Created on: Thursday 15th April 2010
Last updated: Monday 9th May 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-510C31
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Bridgend
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late medieval copper alloy strap-end of 15th century date The strap-end is of 'Crescentic', two-piece type and is incomplete, missing the sheet copper alloy back-plate, the attachment end and part of the terminal (with a surviving length of 40.0mm and a weight of 15.3g). The strap-end was attached using two iron rivets, which remain in place near the attachment end. The ends of the crescent have been lost and the enclosed area has a cast openwork design of irregular lines radiating from a central point. The curved body of the strap-end is circular (with a diameter of 33.8mm). The d…
Created on: Wednesday 8th October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 8th October 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-169595
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Neath Port Talbot
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval, Late Anglo-Saxon copper alloy strap-end of Thomas' (2004) Class E, possibly Type 4 and of 10th century date The cast, tongue-shaped strap-end is incomplete, missing the attachment end and is now distorted (with a surviving distorted length of 38.9mm and a weight of 13.4g). The strap-end was thinner at the attachment end, now lost but has the discernible remnants of the integral flange (2mm thick). The strap-end is also widest at the attachment end (with a width of 25.7mm and a thickness of 3.2mm) with straight sides below, gradually narrowing to the rounded terminal.…
Created on: Monday 12th February 2018
Last updated: Monday 20th June 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-DC3233
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Torfaen
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy terminal, possibly a strap-end or apron terminal of Roman date The cast fitting is incomplete, missing on face (with a length of 33.8mm and a weight of 6.0g). The top, attachment edge is complete and straight (with a width of 9.0mm) and had a rectangular socket (7.5mm wide and 21.0mm deep) to receive a strap or similar but is now missing on face. The sides are straight and gently convergent towards the base. There is a single perforation for attachment. The fitting is circular at the base of the socket and enhanced with a grooved border before narrowing (to 3.1mm) be…
Created on: Tuesday 12th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 12th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-DD89A4
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy strap-end The strap-end was either of double-sheet or three piece with a spacer but is now represented by a single sheet plate. The plate is complete but distorted across its length (with a distorted length of 40.1mm, a straightened length of 42mm, a thickness of 0.2mm and a weight of 1.9g). The attachment edge is undulating (with a width of 13.0mm) and the undulations are reflected in V-shaped decorative grooves beneath the edge. Two attachment rivets (with a diameter of 2.7mm), now missing were positioned beneath the attachment edge and beneath which is a…
Created on: Tuesday 12th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 12th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-07C6F5
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Medieval copper alloy strap-end of Crescentic type and of 15th century date The strap-end is of Crescentic type and is fragmentary, represented by the base of the crescent and truncated terminal (with a surviving length 28.0mm, a thickness of 2.5mm and a weight of 5.3g). The missing back-plate was secured with four separate rivets, two of which remain in place at the base of the crescent. The rear is recessed to accommodate the strap. The strap-end had a sub-oval aperture, which would have been open at the top. The crescentic area (with a maximum surviving width of 25.5mm) …
Created on: Thursday 14th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 14th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-6AACFA
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete copper alloy strap end of Early Medieval date (likely 8th or earlier 9th centuries AD). The strap end is likely Thomas Class A Type 2 (Patterned), with a split end, slightly convex sides and a stylised zoomorphic terminal. The attachment end terminates in a break at the twin rivets, which are still present and appear to be made of green patinated copper or copper alloy. The reverse of the strap end is undecorated, with some potential file marks. The lower half of the reverse face is encrusted by what appears to be mixture of iron and copper corrosion products. …
Created on: Monday 25th October 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd November 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-BA93B9
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near-complete cast copper alloy sheet plate from a composite strap end of Medieval date (c.AD 1230-1450). The plate is tongue-shaped (0.5mm thick), tapering from the wide end (16.5mm wide) with two rivet holes (missing the rivets) to the narrower curved end (c.9.5mm wide). The edge of the wider end raises up slightly in the corners, as seen in other strap-ends e.g. BUC-A9DA09 and in examples illustrated by Egan and Pritchard 2002: 142 no. 664, 670; p.144 no. 672, 673. The strap-end would have been riveted together with another plate of the same form with a forked spacer between. Bot…
Created on: Wednesday 10th November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-BA9C6D
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete sheet copper alloy strap end of Medieval date (c.AD 1350-1500). The single sheet is tongue-shaped in plan with a single central rivet on the wider end (resulting in a depth of 3.1mm). The plate measures 10.1mm at the wide end and is slightly bent with an overall distorted length of 31.7mm and 0.6mm thick. The other end tapers to a width of 8.5mm before tapering more dramatically to a rounded point. The strap end has some similarities to one illustrated in Egan and Pritchard 2002: p.139 no. 640 and p.142 no. 659, 660. The surface of the object is corroded with patc…
Created on: Wednesday 10th November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 13th April 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-C988AA
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval, late Anglo-Saxon copper alloy (or ?silver) strap-end of 9th century date. Metallurgical testing required to determine if silver. The cast strap-end is of Thomas' (2003) Class A, Type 1 and is near-complete, missing the attachment end (with a surviving length of 46.1mm and a weight of 7.1g). The attachment end was forked to accept the strap but has broken at the base of the split. Below the split is a solid collar (8.8mm wide and 2.7mm thick) with a transverse moulding. The central panel of the strap-end is widest near its top (with a width of 11.7mm and a thickness …
Created on: Tuesday 8th October 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 5th November 2019
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