Strap fastener

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This brass strap fastener was found at Lochspouts Crannog in Ayrshire. It was used, probably on harness equipment, sometime during the first two centuries AD.

The strap fastener is of a button-and-loop type. It was used with two straps: one strap fastened through the loop, and the button would fix through the eye in the second strap.

Leather on harnesses rarely survives, but the metal fittings and ornaments are often preserved. Some of the fittings, such as this one, resemble fasteners used on clothing, and were presumably used where decoration rather than strength was wanted.

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• Online ID: 000-100-043-418-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.HW 27
• Date: Between 0 and 200 AD
  
• Material: Brass
  Fastener
  
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• What: Fastener
  
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• Where: Scotland, Ayrshire, Lochspouts Crannog
  
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• Description: Standard brass button-and-loop fastener, from Lochspouts Crannog, Ayrshire
  
• References:
  • MacGregor, Morna. Early Celtic art in North Britain. Leicester: Leicester University Press, 1976, vol. 1, pp. 131-2. 
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