File:2010T509 Bronze Age hoard - Item B.16, Strap fitting (FindID 504043).jpg

Strap slide fragment from a hollow-backed bugle shaped object. The fragment is a rectangular bar with curved and broken terminals. The bar has a shallow 'D' shaped cross section. There are two integrally cast projections on the flat side of the bar which extend and then bend through a 90 degree angle. The projections have a rectangular cross section. Length: 49.42 Width: 6.53mm Thickness: 1.95mm Projections: 11.87mm long, 4.73mm wide. Weight: 4.03g

Notes lifted from the report for 2009 T557 (CORN-A8B9A0): The hollow-backed buckle, horse harness fitting or scabbard decoration in two pieces appears to be unique though is comprised from two familiar forms found in Late Bronze Age hoards. The moulded ornament bar section at one end with four teeth is known from fragments in hoards such as the seven toothed fragment from Isleham, Cambridgeshire (O'Connor 1980, fig 45 no. 52) as well as double ended five toothed fragment from Cassiobridge Farm, Watford, Hertfordshire (Huth 1997, fig 6.) which date to the Wilburton-Ewart Park metalwork phases (c. 1140BC-800BC) (see Burgess 1968, 38, Appendix V g, fig 13 no. 26). The bugle-shaped object at the centre is a well known shape from Ewart Park hoards (such as Petters, Surrey (Needham 1990, 60-61) and is found in tubular and flat forms (see O'Connor 1980, 194). They are usually thought to have been associated with horse harnesses.