Record ID: CORN-9E3594
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy small spectacle double-loop buckle with a narrowed and slightly recessed pin bar and internally bevelled and widened exterior edges to each loop. There is a linear grooved pin rest half way along the inner edge of one loop of the frame, but the pin is now missing. Where the dark green patina survives on the outer and inner surface of the frame, there are also traces of matt black lacquer which was used to protect the surface of the copper alloy (Whitehead, 1996, 8). Whitehead (1996) illustrates a similarly small example on page 53, No.297, which is dated from c.135…
Created on: Saturday 2nd June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 7th June 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: IOW-86B518
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and misshapen Medieval sheet copper-alloy folded buckle plate (c. 1200-c. 1400 AD). This object is probably the front part of a folded plate. It has parallel sides and at one end a break has occurred through a hole for the pin. At the opposite end there is a transverse break. The front is decorated with two rows of ring-and-dot motifs, four to each row. Along each edge there is a band of stamped opposed triangles and a similar band is situated along the longitudinal centre-line which divides the two rows of ring-and-dot motifs. The rear face is flat. There is a shiny g…
Created on: Friday 1st June 2012
Last updated: Friday 1st June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-769C73
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy sheet buckle plate of medieval date. The plate is rectangular in plan and cross section and is very thin with much wear around the edges. The front face is decorated with a punched design consisting of two lozenge shapes, one within the other, and a series of irregular shapes in the resulting inner and outer cells. Two small iron rivets are present in two corners of the plate while a further two holes for rivets remain in the other two corners. The reverse is flat with a single line of punched dots along one of the longer edges. The metal has a light b…
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2012
Last updated: Monday 18th June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sherburn In Elmet', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-754564
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Large fragment of a buckle plate dating from the medieval period, that is c. AD1250-1400. The fragment surviving belonged to a single looped buckle with decorated integral buckle plate. The buckle frame, pin holder and pin are missing. The surfaces of the plate are very worn and do not show any sign of surface decoration. There is only a very small moulding towards the tip of the plate, next to the rivet hole.
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 31st May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sedbergh', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-74A1C2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy buckle frame of Medieval date. It is a rectangular frame with a central bar and a semi-circular outside edge. It is flat in section and the outside edge is decorated with five grooves, the central one of which would serve as a rest for the pin which is missing. It measures 21.43mm in length, 14.02mm in width, 1.49mm in thickness and weighs 1.91g.
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 31st May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-7491D7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper-alloy buckle frame of Medieval date. It is part of an oval frame with one arm of the integrally cast forked spacer. It is square in section and part of the narrowed bar for the pin remains. There is no decoration. It measures 43.88mm in length, 16.48mm in width, 3.42mm in thickness and weighs 3.65g. It is similar to examples published from London (Egan and Pritchard, 1991, no 324).
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 31st May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-678E45
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy probable buckle with an integral strap fitting. The buckle frame is missing however, the integral plate remains. This is elongated sub-rectangular with a bulbous terminal. It is a pointed oval in section. Towards the buckle frame there is an incomplete hole through which, originally, the pin would have been fixed. Below this is the bulbous section which has a rivet hole and the remains of a copper alloy rivet. The remaining integral strap fitting is narrowed and undecorated. The surface of the object is abraded and has none of the original surface. It measures 22.…
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 8th June 2012
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Record ID: SUR-63BF15
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy medieval buckle of trapezoidal form and with a central bar. The buckle is similar to examples excavated in London for which a date range of c1350-1450 is proposed (eg. Dress Accessories nos.462-9).
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 30th May 2012
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Record ID: SUR-630351
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy medieval buckle frame of trapezoidal form with a dividing bar. The frame shows extensive file marks. Similar buckles from London were found in contexts from c1350-1450 (cf Dress Accessories nos.462-9).
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 30th May 2012
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Record ID: SUR-627514
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn cast copper alloy and gilded medieval buckle frame and plate. The pin is missing. The frame is oval with a sloping outer edge and is decorated with a scrolling foliate form. The rectangular plate is 19.25mm wide and has two rivets. Decoration on the plate comprises a thinly engraved right-facing lion with his tail in the air and a paw raised. The borders are notched but the edge of the plate adjacent to the frame is decorated with a zigzag.
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 30th May 2012
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