{"id":2211,"date":"2025-06-25T20:32:42","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T20:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/?p=2211"},"modified":"2025-06-25T20:32:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T20:32:42","slug":"strap-end-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/strap-end-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Strap End"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Finds from Wirral &#8211; Strap End<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-attachment-id=\"2139\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/strap-end-3\/strap_end_1052558\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/strap_end_1052558.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"strap_end_1052558\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Strap End&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Strap End&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/strap_end_1052558-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2139\" src=\"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/strap_end_1052558-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Strap End\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/strap_end_1052558-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/strap_end_1052558-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/strap_end_1052558-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/strap_end_1052558.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h3>\n<p lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">This is the final strap end in our collection. It is dated AD800-1100 and is another zoomorphic type with a very obvious animal head and snout. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">At the rivet end you can see the traces of two rivet holes.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\"><a href=\"https:\/\/finds.org.uk\/database\/artefacts\/record\/id\/1052558\">https:\/\/finds.org.uk\/database\/artefacts\/record\/id\/1052558<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finds from Wirral &#8211; Strap End This is the final strap end in our collection. It is dated AD800-1100 and is another zoomorphic type with a very obvious animal head and snout. 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A collection from Meols and a few more from around the area. Most are from the everyday life of the local inhabitants. We have strap ends like the one below, buckles, spindle\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Finds&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Finds","link":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/category\/finds\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"STRAP END","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/LVPL-72FFAA-scaled.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/LVPL-72FFAA-scaled.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/LVPL-72FFAA-scaled.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/LVPL-72FFAA-scaled.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/LVPL-72FFAA-scaled.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/LVPL-72FFAA-scaled.jpeg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2248,"url":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/strap-end-4\/","url_meta":{"origin":2211,"position":4},"title":"Strap End","author":"Wirral Archaeology","date":"30\/06\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Finds From Wirral - Strap End We have over 80 medieval items including buckles, brooches, spindle whorls, vessel parts, strap ends and coins. Some are pictured below along with the links to their detailed assessment on PAS (Portable Antiquities Scheme). This is a strap end which would have been fitted\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Finds&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Finds","link":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/category\/finds\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Strap End","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/strap_end_1190261.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/strap_end_1190261.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/strap_end_1190261.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/strap_end_1190261.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/strap_end_1190261.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1153,"url":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/finds-from-wirral\/","url_meta":{"origin":2211,"position":5},"title":"Early Medieval &#8211; Strap End","author":"Wirral Archaeology","date":"21\/02\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Finds from Wirral EARLY MEDIEVAL strap end Look into the eyes of one of our finds dated AD800-1100.\u00a0 \u00a0 Portable Antiquities Scheme Statement A mostly complete copper alloy early medieval zoomorphic strap end dating to c.AD 800-1100. 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