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Description: | Rectangular strap-end. It appears to be made from one chunky piece of metal which has a deep cleft running down two-thirds of the length. The top plate is much thicker than the under-plate, and is decorated with nicks along the edge which also cut into the edge of the under-plate. Down each long edge is then a row of stamps, probably ring-and-dot but now very worn, and then a double groove. These are cut off before the closed end by two transverse grooves, and the closed end has then got a transverse moulding running across it. The attachment end has two AE rivets with large circular heads. Traces of gilding. This strap-end is not closely paralleled among either late Anglo-Saxon or medieval strap-ends. It seems rather massive for a medieval strap-end, but the gilding and the rectangular shape is unusual for an LS one. 29 x 10 mm, and 6 mm thick including the rivets. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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