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* London – Guild Hall, with moulded small cylinder ends. cat. 4375 [MOULD, CARLISLE and CAMERON 2003: p.3411]
* Dublin, with moulded crescent shaped ends. cat. E711:5193 [MOULD, CARLISLE and CAMERON 2003: p.3411]
* Gloucester, 1 Westgate Street (9th century): Diamond shaped hairslide 70x40mm of thick well tanned leather. Decorative holes in the centre and one on each end, which has been stretched by use. Two similare pieces came from the late saxon deposite at 11-17 Southgate Street, Gloucester. [GOUDE1979: p.195]
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An alternative interpretation of these leather finds is as slings. [MOULD, CARLISLE and CAMERON 2003: p.3411]