Record ID: SOM-9D33C1
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy strap fitting of probable late fifteenth to sixteenth century date. The fitting measures 28.8mm by 13.7mm by 2.3mm and weighs 3.9g. It consists of a sub-rectangular plate with a shallow pointed identation at the wider end. The other end is broken, but it would have terminated in a backwards curving hook, which would have held a cast copper alloy ring. The main part of the fitting is perforated by two equally spaced central rivet holes, one of which contains iron corrosion. The front of the fitting is slightly convex and the back slightly concave. Similar…
Created on: Tuesday 15th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Crewkerne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-C67877
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy S-shaped belt hook or strap fitting of probable sixteenth or seventeenth century date. The strap fitting measures 46.5mm by 20.9mm by 6.4mm and weighs 19.3g. Both terminals are in the form of snakes' heads and both sides of the fitting are decorated with moulded scales. On each side of the central point there is a moulded motif consisting of two transverse ridges with three perpendicular linears on each side. The cross-section is oval.
Created on: Thursday 17th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pawlett', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-105D23
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Half of a cast copper alloy swivel of medieval date. The incomplete swivel is in the form of a D-shaped loop which measures 25.1mm by 26.1mm by a maximum of 5.8mm and weighs 8g. The loop has an oval cross section and thickens towards the swivelling part, both sides of which are moulded to represent stylised animal heads (possibly dogs). The swivelling part is semi-spherical with a flat top containing a circular socket. The other half of the swivel would have been similar, but it would have had a pin instead of a socket (see for example DENO-8FAF42, from Sedgebrook, Lincolnshire).
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Crewkerne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-15BEA3
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy pendent loop and bar mount of medieval date. The quadrilobate loop and the adjacent mount measure 20.5mm by 11.8mm by 4mm and weigh 1.2g. The plain rectangular bar mount has a narrowed backwards-curving loop at its base. This has an expanded terminal to the rear which is rivetted to the front section, so it could be attached to a strap. The loop upper lobe is straight, so it can be suspended from the bar mount. A similar example is illustrated in Egan and Pritchard's 'Dress Accessories' (1991, pp. 219, 221, no. 1189).
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2007
Last updated: Friday 2nd March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Crewkerne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-15F952
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy strap fitting of probable early post-medieval date. The openwork strap fitting measures 28.9mm by 15mm by 1.8mm and weighs 2.1g. It is broadly heart-shaped, with a projecting lug top and bottom, with central holes to take iron rivets. Iron corrosion is preserved in one hole. In the central section has three portions cut away; two are circular and one is sub-lozenge-shaped.
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Crewkerne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-52C201
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy strap fitting of probable seventeenth century date. The strap fitting measures 34.1mm by 14.2mm by 1.9mm and weighs 3.5g. It is broadly teardrop-shaped with moulded decoration on the front. This is in the form of a six-petalled flower and several scrolls. On the back there are two pointed curving lugs.
Created on: Friday 29th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-52DFD1
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy strap fitting of probable early post-medieval date. The openwork strap fitting measures 26.4mm by 14.5mm by 2.7mm and weighs 2.6g. It is broadly heart-shaped, with a projecting lug top and bottom which are pierced to take iron rivets. Iron corrosion has been preserved in one hole. A trefoil has been removed from the central section.
Created on: Friday 29th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-CD5544
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper strap fitting of probable seventeenth century date. The circular fitting measures 22mm by 16.2mm by 9.2mm and weighs 2.9g. It has a three-tier domed front and a concave back. Two pointed lugs project from the edge. These are set opposite each other, one currently pointing inwards and the other outwards. These lugs would pass through the strap leather to hold the fitting in place. Similar strap fittings can be seen in Brian Read's 'Metal Artefacts of Antiquity' (pp. 27 and 33, nos. 265-6).
Created on: Thursday 5th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-CED184
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper strap loop of medieval date. The distorted rectangular fitting measures 25.4mm by 22.3mm by 5.4mm and weighs 3.1g. The top of the frame has slightly protruding corners and a central oval knop with moulded cross-hatching, the back of which is recessed. There is a rivet hole in the central of the back edge. For a similar example, see SOMDOR-232653, from Spetisbury, Dorset.
Created on: Thursday 5th July 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-D125B1
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete strap fitting of probable late medieval or early post-medieval date. The lozenge-shaped fitting measures 27mm by 24.1mm by 1.8mm and weighs 4.1g. The front is decorated with a faintly engraved lozenge-shaped border containing a saltire cross, all formed from zigzagged lines. Off centre on the back are two stubs, either the remains of lugs or a loop. A similar fitting is illustrated in Read's 'Metal Artefacts of Antiquity' (2001, pp. 11-12, no. 72) which has been dated to c. 15th-16th centuries.
Created on: Thursday 5th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-3D2D15
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy S-shaped belt hook or strap fitting of probable sixteenth or seventeenth century date. The strap fitting measures 37.5mm by 18.9mm by 6.1mm and weighs 9.8g. Both terminals are in the form of bird's heads and both sides of the fitting are decorated with moulded feathers. On each side of the central point there is a moulded motif consisting of two transverse ridges which border a beaded linear, and large perpendicular feathers on each side. The cross-section is oval.
Created on: Friday 21st September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-CF4311
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy strap fitting of probable seventeenth century date. The domed circular strap fitting measures 22.4mm in diameter, 5.9mm in thickness and weighs 5.3g. It is undecorated although a flat border surrounds the domed centre. There are two pointed integral lugs on the back.
Created on: Friday 28th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-B53A93
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy shield-shaped strap fitting of possible late medieval to post-medieval date. The upper part is flared and has a curvilinear/scalloped edge. There is a rivet hole in two corners and one larger rivet hole in the centre. The lower part of the plate is narrower and rounded. At the lower edge is a single, small separate rivet. The plate is flat. It is undecorated.
Created on: Tuesday 9th October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Corfe Castle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-17AF41
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy strap mount fitting with strap loop of thirteenth to fourteenth century date. Rectangular loop with integral external projection and rectangular cross section.
Created on: Monday 19th November 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 18th October 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Corfe Castle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-17DBF4
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy mount in the form of an acorn of crude design. Stalk at one end, two lines to mark end of cup and line at tip. Two stubs of integral rivets. Hollow back and domed front. Post Medieval 1500 to 1700.
Created on: Monday 19th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Corfe Castle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-46BD52
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible cast copper alloy sword belt fitting of early post-medieval date. The incomplete fitting measures 36mm by 18.6mm by 9.1mm and weighs 4.6g. It consists of an incomplete flat plate with a forwards-curving hook at one end. This curves back on itself to become parallel with the plate and terminates in a stylised zoomorphic knop. Just above this terminal there is a rivet hole in the plate. This contains the remains of a copper alloy rivet. The front of the plate is decorated with a grooved diagonal line which might have formed part of an heraldic bend. Geoff Egan comments he has …
Created on: Wednesday 21st November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Crewkerne CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-EB9504
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silvered cast copper alloy strap fitting of probable seventeenth century date. The flat curvilinear fitting measures 26.7mm by 10.2mm by 2mm and weighs 3.1g. The moulded decoration comprises a trefoil at each end adjacent to two opposing heart-shaped scrolls. On the back of the fitting are two integrally cast pointed lugs which have been bent inwards, towards each other. There are traces of silvering or tinning on the front of the fitting.
Created on: Tuesday 11th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Crewkerne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-EBAAE7
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy strap fitting of probable seventeenth century date. The slightly convex curvilinear fitting measures 36.4mm by 11.1mm by 3.2mm and weighs 6.8g. The moulded decoration on the front of the fitting comprises four opposing crescents (two on each side). The back of the fitting is concave. At each end there is an integrally cast pointed lug, one of which has been bent inwards. The tips of both lugs are broken.
Created on: Tuesday 11th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-619C71
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably medieval copper alloy strap loop. It is sub-rectangular in shape. One of the longer sides is straight, with a flat inner edge and rounded outer edge. The ends of this side protrude slightly beyond the corners of the loop. The other sides are rectangular in section. The other longer side has a break in the middle, where a portion is missing. The object is undecorated. It lacks the usual rivet holes or projections of strap loops, but probably functioned as one nonetheless. Similar examples can be seen in Egan and Pritchard (1991, 232), fig.147, suggesting a similar fourteenth ce…
Created on: Thursday 8th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Carhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-DC1E03
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a cast copper alloy fitting, probably from a sword belt, with pendant still attached. Only the tip of the fitting survives. This has a slight hollow near the break on the reverse. Above the hook are two moulded lobes extending from the sides. Below this the integral hook extends downwards, bending round and back up to form a loop. The pendant has a large attachment loop at the top. It extends downwards a short way before going in slightly and then culminating in a rough tear-drop shape. The upper surface of the pendant shows some evidence of moulded decoration, but this is …
Created on: Wednesday 14th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Withycombe', grid reference and parish protected.