Record ID: SWYOR-8FF5B4
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy barred mount, dating to the medieval period, about AD 1300 - 1400. It is a sub-rectangular sheet, which is angled at one end and has a concave notch in each side. Mounted at the square end is a transverse rectangular mount which is U shaped in cross-section. It is attached by a copper alloy rivet with a flat rove on the reverse. The remains of another rivet and rove survive at the rounded end. The object has a green patina and is undecorated on both faces. Dimensions: The mount is 17.2mm long, 12mm wide and 4.1mm thick. 1.3g. Similar strap fit…
Created on: Sunday 11th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-A315B4
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy Iron Age or early Roman strap fitting or toggle, perhaps from a baldric or a platform terret, or used as part of a suite with a baldric, dating from about 100 BC - AD 100. The object has a circular plate which is decorated with incised lines. Two circles are joined by a reversed S scroll and each has another element extending from the circles too. There is basket-weave or basket hatching in the spaces. The edge of the design is missing owing to damage on the edge of the disc. The plate or disc is 13mm diameter and 2mm thick. There is an incised line border on th…
Created on: Monday 15th August 2022
Last updated: Friday 19th August 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-FEF37A
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval copper alloy strap slide or strap fitting, dating from AD 1550 - 1700. It is sub-rectangular with integral lugs projecting from the reverse, one at each end, which may have joined to form a square loop. The front is a plate comprised of three sets of flanking lobes spaced evenly along a central bar which has a triangular cross-section. The mount has moulded and gilded decoration of uncertain form, possibly foliate. It is 24.3mm long, 5.6mm wide and 9.5mm thick. 3.9g. Compare SUR-EE4C76 and Maslin (2021) Finds Research Group Datasheet 55.
Created on: Thursday 14th July 2022
Last updated: Monday 25th July 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-ADC234
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy probable belt plate or belt stiffener of late Roman date, AD 300 - 500, possibly later reused as a rectangular mount of uncertain date. The mount is a flat, long rectangular sheet of copper alloy. There is a copper alloy rivet in the centre of each end. One face of the plate is decorated. There is a recessed channel along one long edge and one short edge, containing a row of reserved metal lozenges. These are very small, giving a beaded or billeted effect. On the outside of the beaded border is a shallow wide grooved border on the edge of the plate. The long edge i…
Created on: Monday 4th October 2021
Last updated: Friday 29th October 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-5099D6
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy eye section from a post-Medieval toggle clasp, probably from a sword belt and dating from AD 1500 - 1700. The clasp is incomplete. It has rectangular plate containing a rectangular eye, with an arched and decorated bar across one end. The decoration is diagonal grooves. A flatter raised bar marks the other end of the eye, and a perforated plate extending beyond this is mostly missing. A circular loop projects from one side near the arched end. There are traces of a silver coating. It is 23.3mm long, 20.6mm wide and 2.8mm thick. 3.6g. Similar fittings are illus…
Created on: Tuesday 24th August 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 5th January 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-7139CB
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Post Medieval strap fitting or mount dating from the AD 1600 - 1700. It is a small strap mount in the form of a fleur-de-lis with openwork petals and a base of three spikes. Two horizontal grooves form a border across the base of the fleur. The tip of the central lobe of the fleur is missing. On the reverse are the remains of two attachment spikes. They are integral, both circular-sectioned and snapped off. They probably would have bent over to grip the leather. The mount is 17.95mm long, 15.98mm wide and 5.16mm thick. 1.96g. Compare GLO-A4FDDE and SUR-F562E4.
Created on: Wednesday 14th April 2021
Last updated: Friday 23rd July 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-BBF83B
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy sword belt fitting of Post Medieval date, about AD 1600 - 1700. It has a central, oval shaped body, convex at the front and concave at the rear. At each end of the body is a transverse collar with a narrow central groove One end of the fitting then terminates in a rounded knop, drilled to accept a rivet though, in this case the perforation is not visible, probably owing to the presence of corrosion products. At the other end of the fitting is a corroded loop or perhaps a tighly curved hook. The front of the body is lightly corroded but appears to have been …
Created on: Friday 12th March 2021
Last updated: Thursday 29th April 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-0B0DE0
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy strap fitting of Post Medieval date, about AD 1500 - 1700. A belt mount comprising a cordate (heart-shaped) element with a moulded trefoil terminal. The front of the mount if flat, and on the reverse are two integral attachment spikes, bent over to secure the fitting. The mount is about 27mm long and 16mm wide. A similar example is DOR-54F5AB and there are many others on the PAS database.
Created on: Monday 21st December 2020
Last updated: Monday 21st December 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-ED231E
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval copper-alloy barred mount dating from about AD 1300 - 1400 The fitting may be part of a strap-end or strap clasp. It is formed of a sheet plate and a separate bar mount riveted to it. The plate has one straight end and for about half of its length has straight sides. In the centre of each side is a notch, then a knop, then the other half of the plate is rounded, with a projecting point at the apex. The bar mount is attached across the front face of the straight edged end, occupying the full width of the plate. The bar mount itself is U-shaped in cross-section with…
Created on: Saturday 8th August 2020
Last updated: Friday 16th October 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-4541C0
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy artefact, probably part of a suspension hook from a sword belt fitting of Post-Medieval date, About AD 1500 - 1700. It consists of a length of curved bar, D shaped in cross-section, with a globular terminal. The terminal has several small, flat facets. The fragment has a smooth, dark brown patina. It is 34.7mm long, 7.9mm wide and 11.8mm thick. It weighs 5.74g. A number of more complete fittings with this type of hook are recorded on the database; compare for example records NLM-A3942E, GLO-74C56B and KENT-69EFB1, which cites Read 2008, page 220 as a …
Created on: Sunday 19th July 2020
Last updated: Friday 9th October 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-B1A168
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Medieval strap fitting; a strap slide dating from AD 1150 - 1400. It is a trapezoidal loop with a pair of internal projections from the sides near the narrow end. At the wide end there is a knop in the centre of the outer edge. It is 22.1mm long, 16.6mm wide and 3.5mm thick. 1.76g. It has a dark grey patina. See https://finds.org.uk/counties/findsrecordingguides/strap-slides/.
Created on: Sunday 12th July 2020
Last updated: Saturday 12th September 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-8321FB
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post-Medieval cast copper alloy S shaped strap fitting or belt fastening, possibly a sword belt fitting dating from about AD 1500 - 1900. The end of the fitting is zoomorphic, in the form of snake or swan head, with a scale or feather pattern on the neck. The opposite end is broken and the head is missing. The centre of the fitting is decorated with two circumferential ribs, with a ring of leaves on the outer edge of each. Both faces of the fastener are decorated. There is an overall green and brown patina to the artefact. 34.6mm long, 18.6mm wide and 4.6mm thick. 6g. …
Created on: Sunday 28th June 2020
Last updated: Saturday 29th August 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-3A8CE9
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy bar mount dating from the Medieval period, about AD 1150 - 1350. It has a central circular section with two rectangular extensions, one on each side, of equal length, all of D shaped section,being curved on the upper side and flat on the underside. The central section is pierced by a large, countersunk circular hole. Each of the two extensions tapers slightly towards the outer end and terminates in a tranverse ridge and a rounded knop. Each of the knops is pierced with a countersunk circular hole to accept a copper alloy rivet. One of the rivets remains in place, t…
Created on: Wednesday 24th June 2020
Last updated: Friday 14th August 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-494D34
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy hooked strap fitting, of Post Medieval date, probably AD 1600 - 1700, probably from a sword belt. The strap fitting was cast in one piece, and a separate piece of copper alloy sheet metal would have been attached to the reverse. It consists of an oval plate bearing an incised voided curved armed cross or lozenge with concave sides, and a central stylised flower formed from eight stamped annulets aroung a larger annulet. Incised straight lines are present in all four of the interstices (between the arms of the cross and the oval border), along with a lin…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd October 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd October 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-869C5C
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete sword belt fitting dating from the post-Medieval period, about AD 1500 - 1700. It has a flat, sub-triangular body with lobed edges and moulded decoration on the front face in two, or possibly three panels. The decoration is somewhat worn and difficult to interpret. Extending from the apex of the triangular body is a curved hook, of circular section, which terminates in a small, spherical knop. Within the curve of the hook is a flat, circular, D-sectioned ring. There are two rivet holes in a line in the centre of the body, one in the upper half and one in the lower. A por…
Created on: Wednesday 24th July 2019
Last updated: Monday 29th July 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-85EA72
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy strap fitting; a strap slide or belt loop dating from the Post Medieval period, about AD 1500 - 1700. It has a lozenge shaped front plate which is irregular, and is decorated with a cross-hatched lattice deisgn of inclised lines. At one corner, the plate extends into a long rectangulkar tab which is bent backwards to form a rectangular loop. A scar at the oppsoite corner suggests there would also have been a similar tab there. The fitting is 27.3mm long, 27.8mm wide and 10.2mm thick. 6.6g. No close paralle has been identified, but the functionality is similar to SWYOR-…
Created on: Wednesday 24th July 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 30th July 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-BD22A6
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy probable strap slide of late Iron Age to Roman date, about 100 BC - AD 200. The object appears to be the front part of a rectangular loop. The sides are flat thin plates, with a rounded end at the front, and turning inwards at the back of the loop, at least, on one side. The front is decorated with a bi-concave moulding, D shaped in section, with the ends of the sides projecting forward to form a slight ridge at each end, and a very pronounced ridge or semi-circular disc or flange projecting in the centre. The loop has a grey green patina. It is 19.2mm long,…
Created on: Friday 15th March 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-D2CC67
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible incomplete Post Medieval strap fitting or strap mount dating from AD 1500 - 1700. It is a strip of copper alloy that tapers into a hook at one end (now incomplete) and expands to form a plate at the other end. The plate is incomplete, but contains two iron rivets in the centre, one above the other. The plate is roughly heart shaped with a bilobed top, concave between the two corner lobes. When complete, the loop or hook would probably have been closed, riveted on to the back of the plate. SUSS-80D571 is similar and cites Read (1988: Fig 21, no.13) who illustrates a similar …
Created on: Monday 4th March 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 6th March 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-87C7EC
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A zoomorphic, copper alloy strap fitting; an S-shaped fastener in the form of a snake, probably dating from the post-Medieval period, about AD 1550 - 1700. It is in the shape of a letter S, each end of the S being formed into the head of a snake. The eyes of each head are formed from a large pellet within an oval groove and the mouth by a single lateral groove down each side. In the centre of each side of the fastener is a moulded double collar flanked by leaves or feathers. The mouldings decorate both faces of the fastener. The fastener has a smooth, dark green patina. There is a cop…
Created on: Monday 4th February 2019
Last updated: Monday 25th November 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-B3581B
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Medieval pendent loop attached to a bar mount, and probably dating from AD 1300 - 1400. The loop is annular with a short offset bar which articulates with the loop of the bar mount. The front of the loop is bevelled and the reverse is flat. The bar mount has an elliptical front face, tapering to a point at the upper end, and tapering to a narrow rectangular loop at the base. The loop bends backwards and up before forming a back plate which is wider than the loop, sub-rectangular and with a pointed upper end. A separate copper alloy rivet joins the front and back plat…
Created on: Friday 25th January 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 26th February 2019
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