Record ID: WILT-E0D61A
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy openwork quatrefoil strap fitting. On the reverse are two bent pointed lugs. The fitting measures 17 mm in length, 17 mm wide, and weighs 1.5 grams.
Created on: Monday 27th October 2014
Last updated: Monday 8th December 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pitching Piece', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-FDCEC9
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval cast copper-alloy strap fitting, dating to the 17th century. On the reverse are two bent prongs, for attachment to leather. It is 20 mm long, 10 mm wide, and weighs 1.7 grams.
Created on: Saturday 4th October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 15th October 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Hill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-AF22A8
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An almost complete post-medieval copper-alloy mount, whose large size suggests that this was attached to strap, possibly from a harness (c. 1500-c. 1700). This mount consists of a main element of lozenge-shape, convex at the front and concave at the reverse. At the front, there is a raised saltire cross with a pellet at the centre. Aligned with the apexes of the saltire, and therefore at forty-five degrees to the lozenge, are engraved parallel lines, generally three, which give the effect of having been 'combed'. Each short side of the lozenge is rounded. One of the other apexes ex…
Created on: Friday 13th December 2013
Last updated: Monday 15th February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pitching Piece', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-C97CC1
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete medieval copper-alloy symmetrical bar mount. The rounded central convex section is decorated with four transverse grooves. At each end there is a rounded knop: one contains a copper-alloy rivet in situ, the rivet in the other knop is missing. The mount is in good condition with an even dark-green patina. Similar mounts can be found illustrated in Read (2001, 23; Fig. 12). Length 23 mm, Width 12.3 mm, and Weight 2.1 g.
Created on: Wednesday 20th November 2013
Last updated: Monday 2nd December 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pitching Piece', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-C83415
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete medieval copper-alloy strap-fitting, a mount in the form of a crowned king's head. The eyes, mouth, and cheeks are denoted by etched grooves, whereas the nose is accurately formed. The back is concave, in the centre of which is an integral attachment stud. The mount is in good condition. Length 17.4 mm, Width 11.3 mm, and Weight 1.6 g. Several similar 'king's head / crowned head studs are illustrated on the PAS database (cf: LIN-BF58C6 and HESH-851BC3). From the broad style a later medieval 13th - early 15th centuries is suggested. The style of the decoration would su…
Created on: Wednesday 20th November 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 20th November 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pitching Piece', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-BF1B42
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A complete post-medieval cast copper-alloy mount, probably a strap mount. It is elongated triangular in shape, with a rounded knop at the wider end separated by a deep groove. The knop has radial grooves, and the main body has similar longitudinal grooves, with one transverse groove near the knop. There are faint traces of gilding in the recesses together with a red residue. The mount is D-shaped in cross-section, slightly bevelled around a median line. On the flat reverse are two bent integral pointed prongs, located one behind the rounded knop, and the other towards the centre of th…
Created on: Tuesday 12th July 2011
Last updated: Monday 22nd February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cannfield', grid reference and parish protected.