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Strap End

This copper alloy strip has been perforated and folded in half (at the perforation). Two cast copper alloy plates were attached to the ends of the strip and two more perforations made. It is thought to have been designed as a strap end. Found by Metal Detectors in an Anglo-Saxon cemetery.

Place: Andrews Hill

Object Type: strap fitting

Period: Anglo-Saxon

Broad Date: Medieval

Century: 6th - 7th century

Material: Copper alloy

Museum Accession Number: 1995.24.21/ARC.