Record ID: ESS-6A2699
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy strap fitting dating to the Medieval period. The frame is broadly rectangular with a rounded upper edge. Two projections extend inwards from the sides. It measures 24.4mm in length, 17.1mm in width and 2.0mm in thickness.
Created on: Sunday 2nd November 2014
Last updated: Friday 12th December 2014
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Record ID: ESS-85942A
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy strap fitting of late Iron Age to early Roman date (100 BC - AD 200). The fitting is formed of a plate, broadly rectangular in plan with uneven edges, and a copper alloy 'D' -shaped loop on the reverse. The front of the plate has incised panels created a pattern that lies in line with the border. The design is symmetrical and is formed of two central pelta-shaped panels, connected by a thin central and lateral bar and from which an ovoid panel projects at both the upper and lower ends. The panels have two ciruclar depressions in each, forming a total of eight circles. O…
Created on: Friday 30th May 2014
Last updated: Monday 23rd June 2014
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Record ID: ESS-CE5404
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy, rectangular double loop buckle dating to the Post Medieval period, c.1500-1630. The buckle frame has two rectangular loops with bevelled edges on the front and a flat back. An integral strap bar , ovoid in section, divides the two loops and an integral projecting loop expands from one end. The pin is missing. It measures 47.6mm in length including the loop (36.6mm excluding), 32.2mm in width, 3.7mm thick (10.4mm including the loop) and weighs 8.48g. Buckles with smaller integral projecting rectangular loops are possibly sword belt hangers (Egan 1991, 98-99; Whi…
Created on: Thursday 13th February 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 4th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Feering', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-CE27A2
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy 'S'-shaped strap or belt fastener, dating to the Post Medieval period (c. 1575-c. 1800 AD). The fastener has two swan or serpent head terminals with necks that curve to form hooks. Each head has a finely moulded beak and eyes, and patterning on the neck possibly represent feathers or scales. The necks narrow below the heads before expanding again towards the centre of the body. At the centre there is a collar consisting of two circumferential lines enclosing a circumferential line of pellets. On either side of these features there are 'leaf' patterns. It was a worn…
Created on: Thursday 13th February 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 4th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Feering', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-93BF46
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy strap fitting (belt mount or belt stiffener) dating to the Post Medieval period, circa AD 1550-1700. The mount plate is sub-rectangular in plan with rounded corners and D-shaped in section. The middle narrows and forms three moulded ridges in the centre. On the reverse of the mount is a sub triangular rivet at either end. It measures 20.7mm in length, 16.1mm in height, 8.8mm in width and weighs 4.02g. A comparable belt mount is recorded in Margeson:1993, Page 41, fig 287 and around in a 16th century context and HESH-138D66.
Created on: Friday 17th January 2014
Last updated: Thursday 13th February 2014
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Record ID: ESS-C60241
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy strap fitting, possibly for a purse hanger, dating to the Medieval period, consisting of an arched frame and openwork plate. The frame is broadly D-shaped in plan, with a straight bar and a curving three-arched outer edge and two projections pointing inwards, ending in expanded ovoid terminals between smaller rounded knops. Two moulded ridges are situated between the lobes which extend slightly beyond the outer edge. A curving and projecting knop extends from the upper and lower outer corners. The frame is D-shaped in section with a flat back and convex front. The plat…
Created on: Thursday 27th June 2013
Last updated: Thursday 13th July 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hatfield Heath', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-237DD1
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy plate consisting of a rectangular strip folded in half with deep curved cut-outs to the folded corners, resembling very large frame recesses. There is a space for the strap between the two halves of the plate, and a large rounded gap or loop at the fold. The other end is open, with two copper rivets, and is slightly incurved. The metal is corroded and coloured various shades of green. The surface is rough with no sign of decoration. This plate is Medieval, and may have come from a book clasp, a strap clasp or a double-looped buckle frame. It is tentatively dated to t…
Created on: Tuesday 14th May 2013
Last updated: Friday 17th June 2016
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Record ID: ESS-359A02
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval strap fitting in the form of two linked elements. At the top is a D-shaped frame with flat horizontal bar and curved upper edge, 'D' shaped in section with a flattened inner edge. The frame narrows before the curving upper edge creating pointed proejctions at the end of the horizontal bar. The bar widens to a central oval section, through which is a circular perforation. The second element, a pendent loop, is contained within this hole, the loose fit allowing it to rotate freely. The loop consists of a circular sectioned vertical bar with widened end to keep it within the hol…
Created on: Friday 15th March 2013
Last updated: Monday 11th November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Colchester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-1C6087
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval sword belt mount dating to the 16th century. The mount has a tri-lobed end with a narrowed waist underneath. This waist then expands forming rounded shoulders before tapering in width to a lateral ovoid section. Below the oval starts the hook which extends downwards before curving towards the front of the plate and ends in a rounded knop. The front of the mount has floriate decoration. There are two iron rivets still present in the plate, both in the centre; one to the tri-lobed end and one towards the hook. It measures 49.1mm long, 20.8mm wide, 2.3mm thick (12.7mm thick…
Created on: Wednesday 21st December 2011
Last updated: Thursday 13th December 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lydford On Fosse', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-A15A87
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cast copper alloy strap slide. The frame is trapezoid with a wider top than base bar. The sides of the frame are rectangular in cross section apart from the top bar which is D shaped with a convex curved top. There is an integral circular rivet projecting outwards 3.7mm from the centre of the base. The frame is 14.6mm wide, 14.6mm long including the rivet and 2.6mm thick, it weighs 1.01 grams. Egan and Pritchard (1991) illustrate a very similar example (page 231, fig 147, No.1239) which they date from the late 13th to the end of the 14th centuries AD.
Created on: Thursday 15th December 2011
Last updated: Friday 23rd December 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alvediston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-812222
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy mount with pendant suspended loop of medieval date. It comprises a square plate from which a narrower rectangular strip projects downwards, bending back behind the plate where it slightly expands before narrowing to a point, forming a lozenge shaped terminal. A copper alloy rivet, integrally cast to the reverse of the front plate runs through a hole in this terminal and would have held the fitting to the strap. A copper alloy circular loop, oval in section, is suspended through the bent strip. A small amount of gilding is visible on the loop. The plate measures 26.…
Created on: Friday 14th October 2011
Last updated: Monday 28th November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chedzoy', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-6EAF93
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast copper-alloy hooked mount. The mount consists of a plate, trapezoidal in plan, with an integral backward-turning hook. The plate has a concave back and a convex front. It is narrowest at the hook and widens to a rounded bifurcate end. There are two rivet holes in the centre of the plate, aligned vertically. The rivets are now missing and the holes filled with mud. There is an indented transverse line across the front above the hook. The rectangular sectioned hook is bent back almost completing a full circle and it possible that the tip is broken as the end is flatte…
Created on: Thursday 13th October 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 15th November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chedzoy', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-BCEA54
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One half of a Post Medieval two-part cast copper-alloy toggle clasp, possibly from a sword belt of 16th to 17th century date. This part is the section with a bar which would have fitted through an eye on the other section. The main flat plate has a central circular aperture flanked on either side by a three projecting triangular knops, the central knop is one larger. Immediately to each side of this section is a narrower 'waisted' section. The waist towards the attachment end has the rusted remains of an iron rivet in a rivet hole in the centre. The attachment end is straight with an…
Created on: Friday 5th August 2011
Last updated: Friday 8th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Edington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-F6EA47
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy late Iron Age to early Roman belt fitting. It is formed from two typical Iron Age style "eye" shapes, each having a prominent dome within a raised circular border. To the outer edges of the fitting the border tapers to a point. From the reverse of the object the remains of a bar fitting to attach the piece to a belt or strap can be seen. The bar itself is missing and the remaining attachments are quite worn. Similarities can be seen in YORYM-C21914.
Created on: Wednesday 9th June 2010
Last updated: Friday 8th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WILBERFOSS', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-0F1B61
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy strap fitting of medieval to post-medieval date. The strap fitting is made of a single piece of curved metal which is square in section. The terminal end has a rounded knop with a double collar. The attachment end is split in two with a rivet through it. The metal is a mid brownish-green colour and is slightly worn. The strap fitting is 51.2mm long, 9.1mm wide, 9.4mm thick and weighs 14.15g.
Created on: Wednesday 16th September 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Roecliffe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-0D5786
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy strap fitting or mount probably of medieval to post-medieval date. The main section of the object has wide shoulders with sides which taper towards a worn break. From the shoulders a wide neck extends into an attachment loop which is now broken. A small stud is present on the reverse between the shoulders. The object is undecorated. The metal is a mid brownish-green colour and is very worn. The object is 38.8mm long, 12.75mm wide, 9.3mm thick and weighs 7.6g.
Created on: Wednesday 16th September 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Boroughbridge', grid reference and parish protected.