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Record ID: SF-875BE7
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy sheet-metal Medieval strap-end. It is a composite strap-end with a sheet spacer occupying the full width. The object is rectangular, and tapers gently from one straight terminal to the opposite end which has sloping shoulders and neck and then a trefoil knop. There is a single rivet in situ close to the centre of the straight edged terminal. The strap end measures 43.05m in length, 11.28mm in width, tapering to 7.5mm at the knop terminal, and weighs 6.04g.
Created on: Tuesday 20th March 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 20th March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK COASTAL', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-77A050
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Early Medieval starp end fragment. It consists of an animal head terminal, with a straight edge representing the snout, and two circular eyes above. The strap end has convex sides, but is incomplete due to old breaks, and so its split terminal is missing. The panel beyond the zoomorphic face has narrow, beaded borders and a central area which is worn but bears traces of animal interlace pattern. There are also traces of silvering and possibly niello. The fragment measures 30.91mm in surviving length and is 6.39mm in width across the snout, and 12.45mm at the broken edge…
Created on: Tuesday 13th December 2011
Last updated: Monday 19th December 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Blakenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-812604
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Medieval composite strap end. It consists of three pieces, the front and back plates, with a sheet spacer occupying the full width, set between them. The strap end is rectangular, and is shaped at its lower terminal, cut away to form a neck and then flaring slightly to form an angled knop. There is a single rivet at the centre of the upper terminal, holding the plates together. The object has been damaged in antiquity, and has been struck and bent transversely. There are traces of decoration down the length of the strap end, in the form of 2 or 3 parallel lines forming …
Created on: Wednesday 26th October 2011
Last updated: Thursday 27th October 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Oakley', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-A4FA92
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper strap end mount with bar mount attachment. The strap end is a rectangular plate with a pointed terminal, with a rivet hole with rivet in situ near the point. At the opposite terminal there is a bar mount attached by a single rivet. The object measures 14.56mm in length, 10.16mm in width, and weighs 0.87g.
Created on: Tuesday 16th August 2011
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brockley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-B00850
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper alloy strap end. It is a composite strap end with a front plate, sheet spacer, and only a small part of the back plate surviving, the rest missing due to old breaks. There is a terminal knop at the lower terminal. The shape of the attachment terminal cannot be determined as it has been broken off leaving a straight edge. The strap end has much surface corrosion which obscures any decoration and trace of rivets. The object measures 28.51mm in surviving length, 9.00mm in width, and weighs 1.81g.
Created on: Tuesday 5th October 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 19th October 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brockley', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-9E36E4
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy strap end of Medieval date. It is a composite strap end with a sheet spacer, the details of which cannot be determined because of corrosion product. It is rectangular with a straight attachment edge, and there is a rivet hole at the centre of the backplate. The lower terminal is chamfered and comes to a slight knop at the centre. The strap end measures 25.6mm in length, 14.06mm in width and weighs 3.79g. A similar example from medieval London is recorded from a fourteenth century context. (Egan, 1991, p147, no.698)
Created on: Monday 4th October 2010
Last updated: Monday 4th October 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brockley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-1D7EC8
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Medieval strap end. It is a composite strap end with a forked spacer attached by two rivets both in situ. The lower part is circular, whilst the upper part is trapezoidal, and flares to its upper terminal which has a wavy edge. The forked spacer can be seen between the two parts of the strap end and is 2.5mm in thickness, having rounded arms. There is no trace of decoration on either face of the strap end. It measures 36.39mm in length, 17.25mm in width, and weighs 8.69g. Examples illustrated by Egan( 1991, from medieval London, date to the fourteenth century, (…
Created on: Tuesday 28th September 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 28th September 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Eye', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-E0F282
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Medieval strap end. It is rectangular and made of folded sheet metal. It is decorated on the upper surface with three raised ribs and grooves, running longitudinally, with two rivet holes, one near each short terminal, and the upper one having a rivet in situ. There is incised line decoration running radially on both long sides and the lower edge, and rocker decoration over the ribs. The upper, open terminal is slightly concave. The underside of the strap end is plain. It measures 23.07mm in length, 13.59mm in width and weighs 2.47g.
Created on: Wednesday 1st September 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 1st September 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Eye', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-2517C2
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval probable strap end fragment or part of a plate from folding clasp. It is a made from folded sheet metal, and is rectangular, both short terminals being incomplete due to old breaks. The plate measures 15.99mm in surviving length and varies a little in width, from 11.94mm at one short edge to 9.77mm at the other. There are no traces of rivet holes, and such fixings may have been present on the parts now missing. There is rocker decoration outlining the long edges, on both sides, and some scratched line patterns can also be determined. The object weighs 1.32g and is probab…
Created on: Monday 23rd August 2010
Last updated: Monday 23rd August 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hoxne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-EBBBC4
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Early Medieval strap end fragment of probable tenth to eleventh century date. It fits into Thomas' Class E category, having a distinctive tongue shape, but is incomplete due to old breaks. The rounded tongue terminal has a slight point at the centre, and the sides are parallel, with the width being 15mm. There are four perforations arranged in a square occupying most of the fragment. The upper terminal is broken off across two more circular perforations. There are traces of one ring and dot pattern near the top right of the strap end (with tongue-shaped terminal at the …
Created on: Tuesday 27th July 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 28th January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Akenham', grid reference and parish protected.