Rights Holder: Patrick Brown
CC License: 
Image use policy
Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).
BUCKLE
Unique ID: PUBLIC-A4E371
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete later medieval or post Medieval copper alloy annular buckle. The artefact consists of the buckle frame which is an annular double loop. The frame is slightly elongated, being an oval rather than a true circle. The fame is sub-rectangular in profile, having a flat back, straight inner edge, and a front face that slopes down to the rounded outer edge. The bar is thinner and circular, with shallow knops in the frame at either end. The buckle is slightly convex and the bar is set towards the front face. The metal is red brown with a patchy dark green patina developing.
The frame is 23.7mm long by 23.3 wide, and 18mm deep. the bar is 1.4mm in diameter. it weighs 2.81g.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: with finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 23.7 mm
Width: 23.3 mm
Thickness: 1.8 mm
Weight: 2.81 g
Personal details
This information is restricted for your access level.
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
District: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Brampton Abbotts
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehead, R. | 1996 | Buckles 1250-1800 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | 48 |
Similar objects
Find number: PUBLIC-2AB5D7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broadperiod: MEDIEVAL
An incomplete later medieval or post-medieval copper-alloy annular buckle. The artefact consists of the buckle frame which is an annular doub…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Find number: SF-E23686
Object type: BUCKLE
Broadperiod: MEDIEVAL
A copper-alloy medieval folded sheet buckle plate with the bar of the missing frame and in situ copper-alloy pin also surviving. This buckle …
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Find number: SUR-E944A5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broadperiod: MEDIEVAL
An annular buckle, now distorted, with a central bar and opposing sloping facets on the frame.
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Timeline of associated dates
About Us
About our Site
Find us
The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG.
T: +44(0) 20 73238618