Record ID: SOM-1C05EB
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-medieval strap-fitting from a 16th-century sword belt. The plate is broadly shield shaped with an engrailed top edge with one central projection. The plate has straight sides which taper slightly towards the hook end which is notched on each side above a waisted concave section before flaring to bifid section beyond which extends the hook. The front of the plate is decorated in cast relief with a raised medial rib with a central groove running its length. The reverse of the plate is plain. There are two rivet holes at each end of the plate, the upper one is fi…
Created on: Wednesday 13th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yeovilton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-30CB3D
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper-alloy strap slide, dating to AD 1200-1400. The strap slide has a sub-square frame, with a separate internal rivet on the internal edge. The external edge is cast into a central sub-hemispherical boss, with incised grid pattern. There are two projecting knops on either corner of this edge of the frame. Measurements: Length 21.62mm Width 20.71mm Thickness 3.34mm Weight 2.76g. References: Egan and Pritchard (1991: 233-234) no. 1261.
Created on: Wednesday 20th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 22nd January 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-7241DD
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy strap fitting of post Medieval date c. 1500 - 1700 AD. The plate is rectangular with rounded ends. The plate has no decoration visible, with only a border to the outer 1.49mm edges of the plate. The is a bend to one end of the plate which may have distorted any possible decoration, although the plate could have been plain. The reverse is flat with two incomplete integrally cast lugs which originally folded around to overlap in the centre and form a square strap loop.  Length: 25.07mm, Width: 8.75mm, Thickness: 1.6mm, Weight: 3.96g
Created on: Wednesday 29th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2024
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: SOM-241A52
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy strap or furniture fitting, or possible handle, of late medieval or post-medieval date, c. AD 1400-1750. The fitting is pentagonal with one long edge, two short sides, and two short edges meeting in a point opposite the long side. From the point, the fitting flares out in two attachment lugs, both broken. The frame is thick and widens as it reaches the central point. it is D-shaped in section.  Length: 37.13mm, width: 28.23mm, thickness: 11.06mm, weight: 26.50g.
Created on: Tuesday 8th August 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 8th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-E94B86
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy strap fitting or belt slider dating to the post-medieval period, c. AD 1500 - 1700. The object is annular and the face is very slightly convex. The face is decorated in a relief with a swirling pattern radiating from a small circle in the centre. This pattern creates a scalloped edge to the object. On each side of the face is a inward facing, sub-rectangular, integral projection. Each projection shows the remains of a bar (or attachment spikes);with approximately 14 mm of the bar remaining on one side, and only a stub on the other. The bar show…
Created on: Monday 24th July 2023
Last updated: Monday 21st August 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-B17ADA
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy strap fitting or belt mount of medieval date, c. AD 1350-1500. The fitting is gilded. Its form comprises a shell with a rounded edge and grooved decoration, topped by five knops with a pointed terminal at the end. There are two attachment lugs on the underside.  Length: 26.45mm, width: 11.30mm, thickness: 3.70mm, weight: 1.85g. 
Created on: Tuesday 27th June 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 27th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Chinnock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-A3CA34
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy strap fitting / belt hanger, of Late Medieval to Early Post Medieval dating, circa AD 1400 to AD 1600.  The strap fitting consists of a sub triangular mount which has broken. The object is broader at the edge of the break and tapers to an integral hook that folds behind the plate. A suspension loop is still attached. The object has a green coloured surface patina.  Parallels recorded on the PAS database include WAW-047DF4 found in Herefordshire, LIN-7D6B36 discovered in Lincolnshire and WMID-43BE91 d…
Created on: Thursday 27th April 2023
Last updated: Thursday 18th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ilminster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-A3BBAC
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Belt mount, two iron rivets on reverst, elongates plate front with trilobe terminal, flared body and rounded knop on other end . White metal coated. post med? Central linear groove.  A copper-alloy harness mount or strap fitting, of possible medieval-post medieval date. The object is generally flat on the reverse, bar the presence of two integral iron rivets. The fitting is composed of a elongated plate front with a trilobe terminal, flared body and a round knop at the other end with a central linear groove. Coated in white metal. Measuements: Length 25.72mm,…
Created on: Thursday 27th April 2023
Last updated: Monday 20th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ilminster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-A3B518
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy harness mount or strap fitting, of possible medieval-post medieval date.  The object is generally flat on the reverse, bar the presence of two integral iron rivets. The fitting is composed of a elongated plate front with a trilobe terminal, flared body and a round knop at the other end. Coated in white metal. Measuements: Length 24.58mm, Width 7.93mm, Thickness 2.85mm, Weight 1.58g
Created on: Thursday 27th April 2023
Last updated: Monday 20th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ilminster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-899D34
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy strap fitting, dating to the late Iron Age or early Roman periods, c. 100 BC - AD 100. The strap fitting is formed of two circular shapes of uneven size: one larger with a single central perforation and moulded vegetal or possibly zoomorphic decoration on the front, and one smaller with a filling circular cell that may originally have held enamel. The back of the object is flat and undecorated, with two broken attachment shanks, circular in section and placed at opposite ends of the strap fitting.  No direct parallel exists on the database at present, b…
Created on: Tuesday 13th December 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 13th December 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-FE6DDC
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval sword belt mount and part of the rivet from the plate it would have been hung from dating to the 16th century AD. The plate of the mount has a tri-lobed end which has suffered some degredation to the extent that the lobes have been worn away almost completely. Below the end is a narrowed waist which then expands forming rounded shoulders before tapering in width and then expanding again to a smaller tri-lobed plate (again the lobes are worn down) with a hook at the lower end. The hook curves forward and is circular in section with a sp…
Created on: Thursday 24th November 2022
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashwick', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-91BF84
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete 17th Century post Medieval copper alloy strap fitting from a sword belt. Dating to the 17th-century. The plate exhibits a flared, double-concave attachment end, forming a W shape. It exhibits a vertical median groove running down the front and two rivet holes, one containing the corroded remains of iron rivets.  The straight sides taper to a small V-shaped cut-out on either edge, above a semi-circular cut-out giving the effect of a pair of back-to-back crescents. Length 40.35mm, width 19.30mm, thickness at the attachment end 1.4mm, weight 3.30g. Sim…
Created on: Wednesday 26th October 2022
Last updated: Thursday 9th March 2023
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Record ID: SOM-0EBF87
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy strap fitting of late medieval to early post-medieval date, c. AD 1400-1600. The object is composed of a lozenge-shaped plate and a copper alloy attachment loop on the back, placed horizontally between the two outer points of the plate. The front of the object is decorated with an engraved zig-zag 'rocker-arm' border, inside which is an irregular saltire cross made up of the same zig-zag lines. Cf. WILT-5E23F3, HESH-16DEAB. Length: 25.26mm, width: 21.23mm, thickness (inc. attachment loop): 5.72mm, weight: 2.12g.
Created on: Wednesday 9th December 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 15th December 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Glastonbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-0E9BE4
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy strap fitting, c. 1550-1700. The strap fitting is formed of a trefoil knop at the top and bottom, and a curved outer edge between. There is a figure of 8-shaped perforation through the centre of the fitting. On the reverse, there are two attachment hooks, folded inwards. Cf. LEIC-E7C662. Length: 23.65mm, width: 25.68mm, weight: 4.20g.
Created on: Wednesday 9th December 2020
Last updated: Friday 18th December 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Glastonbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-EB0836
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
One half of a Post Medieval two part toggle clasp, possibly from a sword belt of 16th to 17th century date. This part is the eye section which would have had a bar on the second section slotted through it then swivelled. The openwork eye is rectangular and forms one end of the piece. It has a thickened transverse bar at one end, dividing it from the rest. There is an offest bar, raised above the line of the rest of the piece in a convex curve, at the other, outer end of the eye. To one side of the eye is an integral circular loop through which a part of the sword belt would be hooked.…
Created on: Thursday 20th February 2020
Last updated: Saturday 16th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cothelstone', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-2E258D
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval cast copper-alloy strap-slide dating to c. 1230-c. 1400 AD. The frame is sub-rectangular in shape. The top is wider than the remaing three parts of the frame, measuring 6.2mm in width, and is D-shaped in cross section. It is decorated with a transverse groove at each end and a pair of transverse grooves at the cente. The other sides of the frame are rectangular in cross section and measure c.2.9mm in width. The part of the frame opposite to the top is broken at its centre and the two pieces of copper alloy aro now slightly bent inwards. The strap-slide h…
Created on: Thursday 30th January 2020
Last updated: Thursday 27th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beercrocombe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7556E7
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One half of a Post-medieval cast copper-alloy two-part sword-belt toggle-clasp dating from the 16th to 17 century. Toggle-clasps have two sections which lock together, one with an eye and the other with a toggle-bar; this artefact is the section with a toggle-bar. The piece has a main plate with a bar extending from one end on the front of which is an integral D-shaped plate which therefore sits forward of the main plate and acted as a the toggle. The main plate has a rounded end adjacent to the the bar and toggle then slightly concave sides then a slightly expanded end opposite the b…
Created on: Thursday 9th January 2020
Last updated: Thursday 30th January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Staple Fitzpaine', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-DB69A6
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a copper alloy strap fitting, probably of 14th cnetury date. The piece is formed of a rectangular piece of copper alloy sheet, now bent in on itself. One end is complete apart from a broken corner and has a circular hole in each corner for attachment. The other end was curled over a bar with a central slot cut through it leaving two tabs. The tabs have both broken at this bent over end but probably originally continued at least half the length where there is a smaller attachment hole on the front plate, pierced from behind. The bar is formed of a thicker rectangular piece of c…
Created on: Thursday 2nd January 2020
Last updated: Thursday 2nd January 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-B7B214
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper-alloy strap slide. The object consists of a trapezoidal loop that tapers in width from 13.5mm to 12.1mm. The frame has a sub-rectangular cross section, with a small integral rivet that has been snapped near its point. The rivet is a rounded square in cross-section and projects c. 3.5mm from the outside edge of the shorter side. Dimensions: widgth 13.5mm; length 13.6mm (including the rivet, 10.0mm without); thickness 2.3mm; weight 0.95 grams. Egan & Pritchard (1991: 232), nos. 1236-1245 appear identical in form and are dated to the late 13th to 14th century.
Created on: Thursday 19th December 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 1st January 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-167598
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval cast copper-alloy strap-fitting dating to AD 1350 to 1400. This piece of fitting was likely part of a bar mount with only one half remaining. The bar mount would have originally consisted of two parallel arms that were linked at the base by a semi-circular suspension loop, now worn thorugh at the base. The loop has worn through and only one arm of the bar mount is present. The arm is flat from its base up to the start of the loop (c.30mm from the base). There are two rivet holes, one is clear of obstruction and the other appears to be cemented closed. There i…
Created on: Tuesday 5th November 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 5th November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Axminster CP', grid reference and parish protected.