Find Spot record MDO43939 - Anglo-Saxon strap end, Halstock

A silver strap-end reported to have been found somewhere near the Roman villa at Halstock around the middle of the nineteenth century. The exact findspot is not known.

An Anglo-Saxon strap-end was discovered near the Roman villa in the mid-C19th. Made of silver, the centre of the front is sculpted with 'Runic' knots and a winged quadruped. <1>

(ST 5408. Strap end sited to Halstock parish from Auth. 1 and OS 10000 1982). <2>

<1> Wilson, D M, 1964, Catalogue of Antiquity of the Later Saxon Period 1: Anglo-Saxon Ornamental Metalwork 700-1100, 104 (Monograph). SDO18167.

<1.1> British Archaeological Association, 1963, Journal of the British Archaeological Association, 215 pl 16 (Serial). SDO18166.

‘… an object of greater novelty discovered near the Roman villa in the village of Halstock, Dorsetshire, and brought to our notice by Mr. J. Moore. (See fig. 6.).
This curious object is of silver, and seems to be a portion of a hook once riveted to the end of a narrow belt for the support of some implement or ornament. The centre of the front is sculped with the so-called runic knots and a winged quadruped; the incuse portions being filled with the nigellum, so that the device and verge are silver-white on a blackish field. This device is very peculiar, and well deserves attention. …’

<2> National Record of the Historic Environment, 881976 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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