Record ID: HESH-1E19A6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy double looped buckle of post-medieval date (1570-1700). The buckle frame is complete being broadly sub-rectangular in plan with a slight integrally cast central bar. The edges of the frame are faceted and the corners are angled. In profile the frame is distorted being slightly curved; this may be a result of movement in the burial environment and may explain the missing buckle pin.The frame of the buckle is not decorated and there is no evidence of an applied surface present. The buckle is a mid - light purple brown colour with an abraded patina which cove…
Created on: Tuesday 25th June 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 26th June 2019
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Record ID: LVPL-A4C42E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy probable part of a buckle or horse harness, with a D shaped section connected by two short struts to a thicker bar; this is probably a spindle that would have fitted within a larger frame.
Created on: Wednesday 19th June 2019
Last updated: Thursday 22nd August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ledbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-F12668
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy double looped buckle that has sub-oval frames with and inverted triangular projection on the forward edges and flanking the strap bar. Date 1550-1650
Created on: Tuesday 23rd April 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd April 2019
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Record ID: HESH-061525
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A length of copper alloy plate folded at the mid point; possibly from a buckle plate of medieval or later date (1250-1650). The sheet has a length of 36.83mm, a width of 6.24mm and a height of 6.98mm; it weighs 2.8 grams. The sheet has a relatively thick surface patina and is a mid grey green colour.
Created on: Friday 12th April 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd July 2019
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Record ID: HESH-CA813A
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a drilled buckle frame dated to the period 1650-1720. It has a length of 32.86mm, a width of 5.6mm and a thickness of 5.2mm. The object weighs 3.0 grams.
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd July 2019
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Record ID: HESH-CA642F
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment from a double looped buckle with drilled frame 1660-1720. The artefact has a mid-brown green colour and well formed patina. It measures / has a length of 25.4mm, a width of 6.28mm and a thickness of 4.18mm: it weighs 1.6 grams.
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd July 2019
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Record ID: HESH-CA41C2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment from the external frame of a late post medieval buckle - most probably a double looped buckle of later post med date. The upper surface is decorated with cast rosettes / flowers. It is a mid green colour and measures / has a length of 16.69mm, a width of 9.44mm and a thickness of 2.12mm; it weighs 0.9 grams.
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd July 2019
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Record ID: HESH-A48BB2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy single looped buckle of probable early post medieval date (1500-1650). The buckle frame is sub-rectangular in plan and D shaped in cross section. The frame has an integrally cast slight central bar to which a pin would have been attached. The pin is missing. At the mid-point of the thickened frame is a recessed pin rest. There is no decoration on the exterior frame. There is a slight decorative swelling at the mid point of the frame and rounded knops at the terminal of the strap bar. The buckle is a mid green colour with an abraded polished surface patina Movement in…
Created on: Tuesday 26th March 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd July 2019
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Record ID: HESH-51F8C6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy asymmetrical double looped buckle of probable post medieval date (1575-1700). The buckle frame is sub-rectangular with a slight off-set central bar to which a pin would have been attached. This bar is positioned to sub-divide the frame irregularly. The pin is missing. There is no evidence for a recessed pin rest on frame Theer is no evidence of decoration or applied white metal coating / tinning. Movement in the ploughsoil has resulted in the buckle becoming asymmetrical, and slightly bowed in profile. Similar examples to this buckle can be seen in Ross Whitehead's book…
Created on: Friday 22nd March 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 14th May 2019
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Record ID: HESH-4BFBFD
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a medieval looped buckle it is undecorated and has a recessed pin rest at the mid-point. It has a mid grey green colour with a well formed surface patina. It measures / has a width of 10.92mm, a length of 33.22 and a height of 5.2mm; it weighs 5.0 grams
Created on: Friday 22nd March 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd July 2019
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Record ID: WAW-F0AA7E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval (late 14th to early 16th century) annular buckle pin: In plan, the copper alloy pin is a long slender rectangle with a rounded blunt tip. The opposite terminal has a fragment of a rounded penannular loop or annular loop which would be fixed around the bar of the frame. On the upper surface the pin is decorated with a transverse ridge. The surface of the pin is in fair condition and has an abraded mid-brown patina. The buckle pin measures 41.75mm long, 4.32mm wide at the loop and 5.38mm thick. It weighs 2.47g. Similar pins are illustrated in Egan and Pritchard (2002), for e…
Created on: Thursday 21st February 2019
Last updated: Friday 22nd February 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-D0BBCE
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, cast, copper alloy buckle frame of medieval or post medieval date, AD c. 1350-c. 1650. The artefact consists of the outer loop of either a single loop, D shaped buckle or a double looped (spectacle) buckle. The frame has a triangular shaped, notched pin rest, with a decorative groove either side. The frame is oval in cross section, and is titled so that the outer face slopes outwards and downwards towards the rear. It has an even mid- green coloured well preserved surface patina. Weight 2.7g. Remaining length 20mm, width 28mm, thickness 3.8mm.
Created on: Sunday 9th December 2018
Last updated: Monday 10th December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brampton Abbotts', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-352CBF
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy pin from a buckle of late Medieval to Post Medieval date (1200 - 1500 AD). The pin is sub rectangular in plan, and rectangular in cross section. The shank of the pin tapers to a blunt end. The pin is slighlty wider and deeper at the head of the pin, where the loop that held the pin to the buckle bar has broken off, leaving two rough areas, one at the end of the pin and one underneath. The pin has a mid green patina A similar pin is HESH-170955. Surviving length 31mm. Width 4mm. Thickness 7mm. Weight 1.3g.
Created on: Friday 26th October 2018
Last updated: Monday 29th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Linton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-0D05D1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, cast, copper-alloy buckle frame of Medieval to post Medieval date (c1200-c1600). The buckle is a single loop and D shaped, with the rear bar slightly reduced in length. The frame is a narrow oval in cross section, deeper than it is wide. The sides of the bar taper in depth from front to rear, with the rear bar being 3.7mm thick and the outer edge 4.5mm thick. The frame is 19mm long by 31mm wide. Weight 5.3g.
Created on: Wednesday 24th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 31st October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brampton Abbotts', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-3BB87A
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast, copper alloy buckle of Medieval date. The fragment consists of a plate from the outer edge of the buckle loop upon which the pin would of rested along with a short section of side frame that has become twisted and abraded in the plough soil. In plan the plate is a broad triangle with a rounded apex, the base is shallow arched indicating a D or Oval shaped buckle loop. The plate is decorated with two incised right angled triangles that sit just inside the plate, back to back with a small gap between them. Each triangle contains three incised, forward sloping, para…
Created on: Saturday 8th September 2018
Last updated: Thursday 13th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yatton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-398CE2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete, cast copper alloy buckle frame dating c1575-c1700. The frame is an asymetrical double loop, with a trapezoidal rear loop and a rounded front loop. The frame is decorated with prominent knops at either end of the strap bar. The frame has a flat rear, and a rounded face and sides that taper in slightly from the rear to the front. The strap bar is half round. The strap is dark brown in colour with no sign of any surface coating. The frame can be paralled against examples dated by Whitehead to the period 1575-1700 (1996: 91 ref: 564-565) Length 22mm, width 18mm, thi…
Created on: Saturday 8th September 2018
Last updated: Monday 10th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brampton Abbotts', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-EC006C
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy double-looped buckle of Medieval to post-Medieval date (c. AD 1350-c. 1650). The pin is missing / lost. The frame is convex at the front and concave at the rear - forming a D shaped cross section. Each loop of the buckle is similar in size being oval in plan. The narrowed central bar is semi- circular on the front face and flat to the rear in cross-section. The lost pin would have fitted here. There is no sign of a recessed pin rest on either frame and there is no visible decoration present. The buckle is corroded and abraded with a light green coloured…
Created on: Thursday 23rd August 2018
Last updated: Friday 24th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Birch', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-04D6E1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy, single loop buckle cast with an integral plate, dating from the medieval period c. AD 1250 - 1400. The buckle is very small it has an oval frame with a broad outer edge and thickened plate on the lower edge - the external edges have a transverse moulded bar which terminate is pointed flanking knops. The plate is tapers dramatically and then expands in an arc before tapering to a point. The upper surface of the plate is decorated with a cast design of ridges. The plate is pierced in two places and the rivets are lost. The transverse bar of the buckle is also pierce…
Created on: Saturday 19th May 2018
Last updated: Monday 18th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wellington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-4AEBCD
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval buckle (mid 13th to the mid 14th century): The copper alloy single looped buckle frame is an oval with the strap bar having an integral buckle plate. The loop of the buckle frame is obliquely angled and undecorated and tapers in width at the side edges which then meet the buckle plate. The buckle plate is triangular with a perforation towards the strap bar which has traces of an iron pin. There is a second perforation on the plate which is a rivet hole. The buckle frame and plate is heavily abraded with traces of a light green patina. The buckle measures 24.3mm in len…
Created on: Wednesday 4th April 2018
Last updated: Saturday 1st September 2018
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Record ID: WAW-4AA465
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval (late 14th to early 16th century) annular buckle: In plan, the copper alloy buckle frame is sub-circular and is sub-oval in section. The frame is undecorated. There is a cast copper alloy pin curled around the frame which is sub-rectangular in section and tapers slightly to a blunt point. Towards the loop of the pin there is a transverse ridge as decoration. The surface of the frame and pin is heavily abraded and has only patches of dark green patina. The buckle frame measures 38.9mm long with the pin, the frame is 34.36mm diameter and 8.89mm thick at the pin loop. It w…
Created on: Wednesday 4th April 2018
Last updated: Saturday 1st September 2018
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