Record ID: SOM-0CC115
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sheet copper alloy strap-end of medieval date. The simple plain strap-end measures 14.6mm by 13.2mm by 2.2mm and weighs 0.9g. It has been formed by folding a single sheet lengthways and is broadly rectangular with a separately cast rivet at the open end. The corners of the closed end have been clipped off diagonally. Two similar examples features in Egan and Pritchard's 'Dress Accessories' (1991, p. 127, nos. 585 and 587).
Created on: Monday 31st March 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Charlton Horethorne', grid reference and parish protected.