Strap end

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This bronze strap end was found during excavations at the site of the Roman fort at Newstead in Roxburghshire. It was used sometime between 80 and 180 AD.

Bronze strap end from Newstead

Metal strap ends were attached to leather straps, both for horse harness and human belt fittings, to protect the ends of leather or textile straps. The leather and textiles rarely survive, but the metal fittings, often ornamented, are fairly common.

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• Online ID: 000-100-037-128-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.FRA 591
• Date: Between 80 and 180 AD
  
• Material: Bronze
  
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• Who: Newstead Collection
  
• Where: Scotland, Roxburghshire, Melrose, Newstead
  
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• References:
  • Curle, J. A Roman frontier post and its people: the fort of Newstead. Glasgow: MacLehose, 1911, p 301, Pl. LXXVI, 15. 
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