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Description: | Fragments of six medieval copper strap ends, 1270 - 1450:- single rectangular sheet folded widthways and secured by one rivet, a larger round hole near the fold is decorative (and too far from the fold to be considered as a pin hole). 22.7 x 9.9mm.- one half of a single sheet (as above) broken at the fold, single rivet. 23.3 x 9.9mm.- less than one half of a single sheet, iron rivet near attachment edge on which there is slight rounded cut-out. Extant length 26.1mm. Width 9.1mm.- incomplete outer sheet plate from tongue-shaped composite, probably with forked spacer, two notches in attachment edge (cf. Egan and Pritchard 1991, no. 660). Extant length 24.7mm. Width 14.9mm.- incomplete outer sheet plate from tongue-shaped composite with forked spacer (as evidenced by solder on the reverse), two rivet holes (one iron filled) flanking a grooved round aperture in the scalloped attachment edge (cf. Egan and Pritchard 1991, no.653). Extant length 22.5mm. Width 14.8mm.- badly distorted tongue-shaped plate from a two piece or composite (with full-width spacer). Single rivet hole near attachment edge, two opposed pairs of lateral cut-outs before the missing knop. Extant length 53mm. Width 8.6mm. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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