Rights Holder: The Portable Antiquities Scheme
CC License:

Image use policy

Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).

BUCKLE

Unique ID: HAMP3861

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Cast copper-alloy D-shaped buckle with integral plate. The outer edge of the frame has a moulded zoomorphic head with small rounded knops on either side of the strap bar and behind the head, perhaps to represent legs. The sub-rectangular plate has a rounded knop on either side close to the buckle frame and larger rounder knops on either side on the opposite end. Corroded traces of the iron pin and and the remains of an iron rivet through the centre of the plate. .

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Date from: Circa AD 1000
Date to: AD 1100

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 32 mm
Width: 16 mm
Weight: 5.27 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 2000

Personal details

This information is restricted for your access level.

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Winchester (District)
Parish or ward: Exton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU6021
Four figure Latitude: 50.985286
Four figure longitude: -1.146591
1:25K map: SU6021
1:10K map: SU62SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth less than 0.25 m

References cited

No references cited so far.

Similar objects

Find number: WILT-2DBE76
Object type: BUCKLE
Broadperiod: MEDIEVAL
Incomplete copper alloy medieval buckle frame, missing its pin and iron axis bar around which the plate probably fitted. It is basically D-sha…
Workflow: Awaiting validation

Find number: DOR-69D647
Object type: BROOCH
Broadperiod: ROMAN
A copper alloy equal-ended plate brooch. The pin is missing. The brooch comprises an central plate with four knops (one at each cor…
Workflow: Published

Find number: HAMP-4A3EFA
Object type: BUCKLE
Broadperiod: EARLY MEDIEVAL
An incomplete Late Early-Medieval / Early Medieval (c.1000-1200) copper alloy zoomorphic single-loop buckle frame, consisting of one arm and …
Workflow: Awaiting validation

Timeline of associated dates

Report a mistake

Audit data

Recording Institution: HAMP
Created: 21 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

Other formats: this page is available as qrcode json xml geojson pdf rdf representations.