Record ID: SOM-8DFCA2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Unusually wide post medieval cast copper alloy double loop asymmetrical buckle frame with one D-shaped and one trapezoid loop. The D-shaped loop curves out at the centre of the outer edge to create a projecting point in the shape of an ogee arch. The loops are trapezoid in section with bevelled sides and a flat back although the outer edge of the trapezoid loop is worn to an oval shape. The sises of the D-shaped loop are slightly wider. The strap bar is missing with old breaks at either end; there are pairs of lobed knops on the outer side opposite the breaks. The surface has a silver…
Created on: Thursday 8th September 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 14th September 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-A4DF10
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval cast copper alloy stud chape from a shoe buckle. The chape has two cylindrical tubes at one end with the remains of a tube from the pin between them, around these is the rusted remains of the seperate iron spindle which would have gone through the tubes and into the buckle frame at either side. The body of the chape is flat and narrows immediately after the tubes before curving slightly out and then inwards to a narrower rectangular projection at the end opposite the tubes. This now ends in an old break but would have has a stud to attach to the leather shoe. The chape i…
Created on: Monday 22nd November 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 24th November 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stawell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-786372
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast copper alloy double loop buckle frame. The frame has two oval loops which have bevelled backs and bevelled and slightly widened outer edges, one with a transverse groove for a pin rest in the centre. The strap bar is narrowed and recessed with lobed knops at either end. The buckle has a reddish brown surface with areas of green patina. It is 22.6mm long, 17.7mm wide, 2.1mm thick and weighs 2.33 grams. Whitehead (2003) illustrates a similar buckle (page 54, No.307) which lacks the grooves on the loops, which he dates to c.1500-1650 AD.
Created on: Thursday 2nd December 2010
Last updated: Thursday 2nd December 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Otterhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7A12A6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast copper-alloy double-loop buckle frame. Only one oval loop now remains, the other is lost to old breaks. The strap bar is narrowed with scallop-shell shaped knops at either end, the shape emphasised by indented rayed lines. From the centre of the outer edge of the complete loop projects a large lozenge shaped knop. The flat top of the knop is stepped up in two steps from the surface of the loop. The inner side of the outer edge of the loop is curved inwards slightly opposite this knop. It is bent as well as broken and is now 28.6mm long, 25.3mm wide and 2.1mm thick, …
Created on: Tuesday 14th December 2010
Last updated: Friday 7th January 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Chard', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F2D960
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval incomplete cast copper-alloy double-loop buckle frame. The loops are trapizoid, one is complete but 90% of the other is lost to old breaks. The complete loop is rectangular in cross section with the outer edge extended into a point in the centre flanked by rounded knops at the corners. There is an incised line running down the front of the outer edge, parrallel with the side of the loop and a cross line incised in the centre as a pin rest. There are projecting knops at the ends of the narrowed strap bar. The pin is formed of a simple strip of copper alloy bent around the…
Created on: Thursday 13th January 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 5th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Taunton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F30E64
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast copper alloy single loop rectangular buckle frame with decorated outer edge. The sides and strap bar are plain and oval in section. The outer edge has an incised line running down the centre of it with a central transverse pin notch. Projecting from the centre of the outer side is a slightly flatter D shaped expansion with a lobed knop terminal projecting from the centre. Double transverse incised lines with a raised line between separate the D shape from the main outer side and the knop terminal from the D. The pin is missing. It is 32.5mm long, 25.4mm wide and 3.1…
Created on: Thursday 13th January 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 5th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Taunton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F3A113
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast copper alloy double loop asymmetrical buckle frame with one oval and one rectangular loop. There are projecting lobed knops on the outer corners of both loops and at the end of the strap bar. The loops are trapizoid in section with bevelled sides and a flat back. The outer edge of the rectangular loop has regular indents creating the appearence of four lobes in a row between the corner knops. The surface has a silvery appearence and appears tinned.The pin is missing. It is 23.4mm long, 18.3mm wide and 2.3mm thick; it weighs 2.56 grams. Whitehead (2003:92) illustra…
Created on: Thursday 13th January 2011
Last updated: Thursday 8th September 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Taunton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-1EC421
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast copper-alloy asymmetrical buckle frame. The frame has one rectangular and one D shaped loop. Both look to have a groove along the outer edge. At the centre of the D shaped look the inner side projects inwards in a point forming a wider area. The strap bar is narrowed and recessed. There are traces of a white metal, silver or tin, coating on the front. It is 38.1mm long, 28.3mm wide and 2.5mm thick and weighs 6.90grams. Whitehead (2003:91) illustrates a similar example, no.566, which he dates to c.1575-1700 AD.
Created on: Thursday 17th March 2011
Last updated: Thursday 13th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Godney', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-9E2836
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment, probably the outer side of a buckle loop. Probably from a Post Medieval double loop buckle. The fragment is pelta shaped with a curved outer side and the inner side expanded into a rounded point in the centre. There are worn breaks at either end. The back is flat and the front is slightly convex with nine transverse lines incised across it, the outer ones angled outwards. It is 17.8mm long, 8.7mm wide, 2.2mm thick and weighs 1.18 grams.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd March 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cossington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-302BD2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast copper alloy double loop buckle frame with one loop completely missing due to old breaks. The remaining loops is oval with a bevelled outer and inner edge giving an angles side. The strap bar is narrowed and recessed with large pointed knops at either end. There are stubs and evidence of the old break where the other loop has been lost. It is 19.6mm long by 22.3mm wide by 3.7mm thick; it weighs 2.86 grams. A similar frame is illustrated in Whitehead (2003: 54), no.308 which he dates to c.1500-1650 AD.
Created on: Wednesday 30th March 2011
Last updated: Sunday 3rd April 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alvediston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-8A4FD7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast copper alloy double loop buckle frame. The frame has two oval loops which have bevelled backs and bevelled and slightly widened outer edges, one with a transverse groove for a pin rest in the centre. The strap bar is narrowed and recessed with corroded lobed knops at either end. It is 27.3mm long, 22.4mm wide, 2.4mm thick and weighs 3.09 grams. Whitehead (2003) illustrates a similar buckle (page 54, No.307), which lacks the groove on the loop, which he dates to c.1500-1650 AD.
Created on: Friday 3rd June 2011
Last updated: Friday 3rd June 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Zeals', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-8AB9C2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast copper alloy double loop buckle frame. The frame is oval with two sub-oval loops and a wide outer edge which is expanded at the outer side of each loop. The outer edge is slightly cusped on the front surface and outer edge with transverse ridges running across at regular intervals meeting indents in the outer edge. The front is decorated with punchd annulats and lines. Rows of short curved lines flank the central lobe of each outer edge and the lobes at each end of the strap bar; each of these lobes is further decorated with a row of three punched annulets. Between …
Created on: Friday 3rd June 2011
Last updated: Friday 3rd June 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Zeals', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-339C43
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast copper alloy double loop buckle frame. The frame has two oval loops with angled sides giving a trapizoid profile and hollowed back. The narrowed strap bar has lobed knops at either end and iron staining in the middle, possibly from the pin. There are traces of tinning on the front. It is 45.7mm long, 31.6mm wide, 6.5mm thick and weighs 13.91 grams. Whitehead (2003) illustrates a similar buckle (page 54, No.307), althoguh with a slightly recessed strap bar, which he dates to c.1500-1650 AD.
Created on: Tuesday 5th July 2011
Last updated: Monday 15th August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cossington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-B0A144
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast copper alloy single-loop sub-rectangular buckle frame. The frame has a convex curved outer side, concave curved top and bottom sides and a straight recessed strap bar. The outer edge is triangular in section and widens to a shallow point on the inner side. There is a deeply indented triangular pin rest across this point. The top and bottom edges are D in section with a flat inner side, they widen to rounded lobed terminals which are separated from the rest of the side by transverse incised lines on the outer side. The strap bar is D shaped in section, flattened on t…
Created on: Monday 11th July 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 19th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St Cuthbert Out', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-02D823
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast copper alloy double loop buckle frame with a pin cut from copper alloy sheet. The frame has two oval loops which have bevelled backs and bevelled and slightly widened outer edges, one with a transverse groove for a pin rest in the centre. The strap bar is narrowed and recessed with corroded lobed knops at either end. The pin is formed of a thin triangle of copper alloy sheet with the wider end wrapped 225 degrees around the strap bar. It is 21.8mm long, 16.7mm wide, 2.7mm thick and weighs 2.06 grams. Whitehead (2003) illustrates a similar buckle (page 54, No.310),…
Created on: Wednesday 27th July 2011
Last updated: Monday 1st August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mudford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-8CFF51
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast copper alloy double loop buckle frame and pin with one loop completely missing due to old breaks. The remaining loop is oval in plan and triangular in section with a bevelled outer edge. The strap bar is narrowed and recessed with pointed knops at either end. There are stubs and evidence of the old break where the other loop has been lost. The pin is cast, D-shaped in section with a flat back and bent completely around the strap bar; it tapers gradually from the loop to the rounded, thinned point. It is 20.3mm long including the pin by 19.5mm wide by 2.7mm thick, ex…
Created on: Thursday 8th September 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 14th September 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-74D2B5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast copper-alloy double-loop oval buckle frame. The strap bar is narrowed with acorn shaped knops at either end, the cups of the acorns are decorated with incised cross hatched lines. There is a lump of iron corrosion on the strap bar, probably the remains of an iron pin. The loops are D shaped in plan and triangular in section with bevelled inner and outer sides. From the centre of the outer edges of each loop projects a fleur de lis with rounded central knop and curled over outer petals. It is 44.5mm long, 34.2mm wide and 3.9mm thick, it weighs 14.33 grams. Whitehead…
Created on: Wednesday 7th September 2011
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-8CE016
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast copper alloy single-loop sub-rectangular buckle frame. The frame has a convex curved outer side, concave curved top and bottom sides and a straight recessed strap bar. The outer edge is triangular in section and widens to a shallow point on the inner side. There is a deeply indented triangular pin rest across this point. The top and bottom edges are D in section with a flat inner side, they widen to rounded lobed terminals which are separated from the rest of the side by transverse incised lines on the outer side. The strap bar projects from the centre of these lobe…
Created on: Thursday 8th September 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 14th September 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-8D21E1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast copper alloy double loop buckle frame. The loops are D-shaped in plan and section with a flat back. In the centre of the outer edge of each loop is a bi-lobed heart shaped moulding, the point of which projects on the inner side of the loop and the lobes on the outer. The strap bar is narrowed with large rounded knops at either end. The pin is missing. It is 40.3mm long by 26.5mm wide by 2.0mm thick; it weighs 6.96 grams. Whitehead (2003: 71) illustrates similar frames which he dates to c.1600-1720 AD although none with this particular shape of moulded decoration
Created on: Thursday 8th September 2011
Last updated: Thursday 13th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-8D6486
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast copper alloy double loop asymmetrical buckle frame with one oval and one trapezoid loop. There are projecting lobed knops on the outer corners of both loops and at the end of the strap bar. The loops are trapezoid in section with bevelled sides and a flat back. The outer edge of the rectangular loop has regular indents which extend into transverse diagonal incised lines creating a rope effect. between the corner knops. The surface has a silvery appearance in places and appears tinned. The pin is missing but there is some iron corrosion on the strap bar suggesting it…
Created on: Thursday 8th September 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 14th September 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton', grid reference and parish protected.