Record ID: WAW-92C6CE
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy single loop buckle and plate, dating AD 1350-1450. The buckle is D-shaped with a slightly pointed outer edge and a narrowed and offset strap bar that retains a plain folded and slotted sub-rectangular buckle plate. The pin is missing, and the rivets are missing, but part of the leather bag remains between the plates. Dimensions. Length: 22.08mm. Width: 37.65mm. Thickness: 6.18mm. Weight: 5.38g.
Created on: Thursday 18th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 18th January 2024
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Record ID: WAW-B39674
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy single loop buckle of Medieval date (c. AD 1250-1400). The pin is missing. The buckle frame is sub-oval with a narrow offset bar and an ornate, moulded outside edge. There would have once been lobed knops with transverse ridges between them on the outside edge, however these have been worn away. The reverse of the outside edge is flat, whilst the exterior face is rounded. The top and bottom edges have oval cross sections whilst the offset bar has a rectangular cross section. The buckle is bent upwards near the outside edge. There are similar examples on th…
Created on: Thursday 15th December 2022
Last updated: Thursday 15th December 2022
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Record ID: GLO-96FD2A
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval spur buckle with integral, the buckle frame is truncated with only the side arms remaining, behind is a rectangular plate with a central piercing for the pin.  Emanating from the rear is the buckle plate, this has an expanded square panel that is domed and decorated with four trefoils that originate from a central point.  Projecting from the rear of the square is the remains of a hook.  Traces of gilding is present on the surface.
Created on: Thursday 21st July 2022
Last updated: Friday 22nd July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-E14C91
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near-complete copper alloy Medieval buckle (c. AD 1400-1500). The buckle consists of the frame and the end of the pin, the rest of the pin lost to old damage. The frame is roughly circular in plan and plano-convex in section (c.46.8mm diameter, 4.1mm thick). The frame is divided by a central bar that is sub-triangular in section and flush with the frame. The surviving portion of the pin is made of a rectangular strip of copper alloy (4.6mm wide) looped around the bar. Two integrally cast and asymmetrical decorative arms project outwards (length: 16.6mm from one side of the outer ed…
Created on: Monday 6th June 2022
Last updated: Thursday 16th June 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-155B42
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy buckle frame dating to the late medieval to post medieval period (c.AD 1350-1650). The buckle is a 'spectacle' buckle that has a frame of two oval loops which form an overall figure of 8. It is D-shaped in section. A pin rest is present at the middle point of one of the loops, but the pin is missing. The frame is undecorated and has a dark green patina. Dimensions: Length 20.51mm; width 17mm; thickness 2.2mm; weight 1.82g Similar buckles are illustrated in Whitehead (2003: 52-4) from the 14th-17th centuries (Ibid: 52).
Created on: Thursday 21st April 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 10th May 2022
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Record ID: WAW-2479A8
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and damaged gilded, copper alloy shield buckle plate. Probably Medieval. The buckle plate is folded around the strap bar and a hole for a pin. The folded section is 12.63mm long, and the buckle plate is 5.37mm thick at the fold. There are three rivets in situ, with two being near the fold and one at the apex of the triangle. The upper face of the plate is decorated with a floral design and appears to be gilded, whilst the reverse is undecorated. It is somewhat corroded and damaged, as there are fractures along one of the folds and there is a bend in the buckle plate near t…
Created on: Tuesday 8th February 2022
Last updated: Thursday 10th March 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-09016C
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of the external loop of a later medieval or post medieval buckle frame. The fragment is lentoid and thickened in the middle. A notch is present on one edge and it is possible that this is an artefact of movement in the soil rather than a rest for the pin. The fragment has a thick green well formed surface patina. Length 8mm, width 20mm, thickness 3.6mm, weight 1.7g.
Created on: Sunday 28th March 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 14th April 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Foy', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-A71508
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete Medieval copper alloy single loop sub-triangular buckle dated c AD 1250-1400. The outer edge of the buckle frame is expanded and terminates in a blunted point that is flanked by two small nub-like projections creating an irregular trefoil shaped moulding. The opposing edge has a narrowed and offset strap bar with two terminal knops on either edge. The upper surface of the buckle is decorated with a recessed pin rest flanked by horizontal grooves. The two sides are decorated with opposing diagonal bands of rockerarm incised decoration. The back of the brooch is plain . …
Created on: Tuesday 23rd March 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 14th April 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Foy', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-90308A
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The remains of a cast copper alloy annular buckle ring of medieval date AD1150-1650. Maximum outer diameter 20mm Maximum inner diameter 13.4mm Thickness 2.6mm, maximum frame width 4.3mm. Weight1.3g.
Created on: Monday 22nd March 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 14th April 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Foy', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-EA9008
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy oval buckle frame with separate plate, probably of 14th or 15th century date The buckle is near-complete, missing the pin and is comparatively small (with an overall length of 30.7mm and a weight of 4.2g). The buckle is oval form (4.7mm long and 4.9mm wide) and the frame is D-shaped section, wider and thicker at the outside edge (1.6mm – 2.2mm wide and 2.5mm – 3.2mm thick). No decoration now survives on the frame. The bar is offset and narrowed. The plate has a slot to accommodate the missing pin, now filled with ferrous corrosion, suggesting an iron pin…
Created on: Thursday 18th February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 18th February 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-AD9BA4
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy oval-framed buckle with ornate outside edge of 13th or 14th century date The buckle frame is near-complete but is missing the pin (with a length of 19.7mm and a weight of 2.8g). The outside edge is wider than the rest of the frame (5.5mm wide and 2.7mm thick) and has a bevelled top face, enhanced with ribbed and grooved decoration. One of the outside knops has been lost. The sides are arched (giving the frame a width of 27.1mm) and is of sub-triangular section. The bar is narrowed and offset with extensive wear on one end. The surface is heavily corroded wi…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-AC3F52
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle of annular type, of mid-13th to mid-15th century date. The cast buckle comprises both frame and pin. The frame is circular and comparatively robust (with an external diameter of 49.8mm, an internal diameter of 36.6mm and a weight of 43.2.7g) and is of circular section and (with a diameter of 6.2mm – 7.0mm). There is no pin restriction on the frame and no decoration is evident. The pin (with a length of 543.5mm) has a loop of D-shaped section (14.5mm external diameter and 5.0mm wide), open at the rear. There is a stepped moulding at the top of the s…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-C5CC15
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late medieval to post medieval copper alloy annular buckle of 15th – 17th century date The buckle comprises a large circular ring (of 52.2mm diameter and weighing 34.7g) with an attached pin. The frame is of oval section (5mm -6mm wide and 5mm thick) and no restriction for the pin and with no decoration evident. The pin is loosely looped around the frame (with a diameter of 10.3mm x 11.5mm), folded inwards at the base of the shaft. There is the suggestion of a central groove around the loop and a transverse groove at the base of the loop. The pin shaft is rectangular-sectioned …
Created on: Monday 11th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 11th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-7C542C
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gilded copper alloy buckle with folded sheet plate of Medieval date (likely 13th century). The buckle has an oval frame with offset, narrowed bar and expanded outer edge that is flat in section and slopes at an angle of roughly 50 to 45 degrees relative to the plane of the plate. The frame is 25.4mm wide and 10.9mm deep at the expanded edge. The plate is a rectangular folded sheet plate, with a slot cut for the pin and recessed for the frame on the outside edge. The plate is 26.9mm long, 18.8mm wide and 4.4mm thick. The folded plate is fastened by two copper alloy rive…
Created on: Thursday 27th August 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 1st December 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stretton Grandison', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-7C34BE
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete D-shaped lipped buckle of Medieval date (c. AD 1200-1400). The buckle consists only of a single looped D-shaped frame, the pin is missing. The front outside edge has a lip with a central notch to receive the pin. The trapezoid-section bar is narrowed, with a possible constriction related to the pin on its reverse surface. The sides of the frame are faceted. The reverse of the frame is undecorated, apart from remnants of the white metal surface treatment that covers much of the surface of the object.
Created on: Thursday 27th August 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 1st December 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stretton Grandison', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-7C25C2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy buckle of medieval date (c. AD 1150-1450). The single looped oval frame has an ornate rectangular outside edge decorated with two central incised transverse lines and flanked by two pointed knops. One of the knops is defined by a medial incised groove, the other has none, possibly as a result of wear. The bar is offset and narrowed, with a slight constriction in the middle, likely wear from the now absent pin. The bar is flanked by projecting mouldings. The sides of the frame are rounded, with chamfered internal edges. The reverse of the frame is flat a…
Created on: Thursday 27th August 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 1st December 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stretton Grandison', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-242037
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy single looped 'roller' buckle. The frame is oval with a narrower offset strap bar expanded at each end with two small knops. The front end of the buckle is expanded and decorated with two knops the loop is recessed to house a copper alloy sheet roller decorated with six circumfrential incisions.The pin bar is recessed and narrow. The buckle is similar but not identical to No 96 (Whitehead, 2003). It can be broadly dated to the 13th or 14th centuries. Weight: 4.78 gms, Length: 23.6mm, Width: 18.84mm, Thickness: 5.3mm
Created on: Sunday 5th January 2020
Last updated: Friday 17th January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Aymestry', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-244C9C
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Medieval D shape buckle frame with a narrowed and offset bar. The buckle is flat in profile and shows some bevelling on the inside of the loop. It has a raised area on the outer edge opposite the bar that houses four parallel raised ribs. The centre two being the highest and would have housed the pin. The perimeter is shaped with 9 small projections, possibly to resemble petals. Dating from c. AD 1250-1400. Weight: 7.31gms. Length: 34.4mm Width: 36.1mm Thickness: 3.36mm
Created on: Saturday 12th October 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 29th January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Aymestry', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-B3F1E2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval copper alloy buckle of 13th to 15th century date The cast buckle frame is missing any associated sheet plate and possibly also a sheet metal roller from the outside of the frame (with a length of 19.8mm, a width of 21.5mm and a weight of 3.1g). The outside of the frame has extended terminals, recessed at the centre (4mm diameter) and is without decoration possibly suggesting a missing roller. The sides of the frame are arched and of oval section (1.4mm wide and 1.7mm thick). The bar is offset and narrowed. The pin is of circular-sectioned thin wire (0.6mm diameter), loosel…
Created on: Monday 7th October 2019
Last updated: Monday 7th October 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HESH-D57BE5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy buckle 'locking buckle' of later medieval date (1350-1450). The frame of the buckle is sub-rectangular (rectangular with rounded corners) in plan, however the outer loop is mostly missing. The axis bar is cast from copper alloy and fits through two holes. The terminal of one side of the axis bar is irregular in shape likely extending to form an irregular loop or hook. The axis bar holds the pin (the end being missing) in place which is cast in one piece with a transverse hole through it. The pin itself is sub-triangular in shape and fits into a single V s…
Created on: Friday 9th August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 9th October 2019
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Record ID: HESH-70A32F
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy buckle of uncertain date, probably Medieval. It is sub-rectangular or trapezoid and double looped asymmetrically with an integral plate. The integral bar is recessed on the reverse, and bevelled on the upper face. It is also worn, suggesting that this is where the pin was attached (now missing). The loop at the narrower attachment end is shorter in length than the other loop. Extending from the upper face of the attachment edge is a plate, which is decorated by a shell on the obverse marked with grooving. The reverse possesses the same shape however shows no decorati…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd July 2019
Last updated: Monday 11th November 2019
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Record ID: HESH-704DF4
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast medieval copper alloy single looped rectangular buckle frame with a solid cast sheet roller dating 1350 to 1500AD. The length is 45mm, the width is 34mm and the weight 13.45g. The frame has a sheet metal roller. Shares similarities with no. 440 in Egan, G. and Pritchard, F., 1991 Dress Accessories, c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London) (1991) London : Stationery Office Books. Although this example is very large and may well be on the late side. The object measures: 28.59mm in length, 25.21mm in width, has a thickness of 4.6mm and a weight of 5.81 grams.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd July 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 30th October 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-F29EB1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An annular buckle of cast copper alloy with separate, articulated pin, probably of date AD 1250-1450 (Whitehead 2003 pg 17 ex 34) The pin has a three lobed semi-encircling set of ridges at the end closes to the loop.
Created on: Wednesday 17th July 2019
Last updated: Sunday 8th September 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bosbury', grid reference and parish protected.

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
Spatial data recorded.

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
Spatial data recorded.

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
Spatial data recorded.

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-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
Spatial data recorded.

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
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HESH-453A6E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy double looped buckle of probable later medieval or post-medieval date (1350-1650). The buckle frame is complete being broadly oval (figure of eight) in plan with a slight central bar. The pin is lost but would have been formed from a length of copper alloy sheet that was attached to the central bar by the end being folded to form an irregular 'wrap around' loop. There is no decoration present and the frame does not have a pin rest notch on the extant fragment. The reverse of the buckle is also plain and undecorated. The buckle is a light green colour with …
Created on: Tuesday 21st November 2017
Last updated: Monday 18th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brimfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-452B0A
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy single looped buckle of medieval date (1250-1400). The frame of the buckle is incomplete; it is irregular in plan and sub-rectangular in cross section. The buckle frame is broken; the off-set strap bar and pin are missing. The frame itself is relatively narrow, and expands at the centre to form a sub-triangular swollen projection that may have acted as a pin rest. The upper and lower edges of the buckle frame are decorated with a series of cast transverse diagonal lines; the triangular projection is also decorated with a series of heavily abraded patter…
Created on: Tuesday 21st November 2017
Last updated: Monday 18th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brimfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-AE40E4
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval (c. 1350-1450) buckle: The copper alloy frame is a sub rectangle with a narrow and off-set strap bar. Oppiste the strap bar there is a central notch. The surface of the frame has a mid brown patina. It measures 17.97mm long, 25.15mm wide and weighs 2.03g. Whitehead illustrates a similar buckle, No. 143 and dates it to c. 1350-1450.
Created on: Thursday 14th September 2017
Last updated: Monday 18th September 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HESH-B5C212
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a cast copper alloy single looped 'roller' buckle of medieval date (1250-1400). The frame of the buckle is broken and only the front part survives; it is broadly crescentic in plan and sub-rectangular in cross section. The recessed and off-set strap bar as well as the pin and associated buckle plate are all lost. The outer edge of the frame is thickened with two baluster shaped projections with a recessed bar between. Wrapped around the bar is a strip of copper alloy sheet decorated with transverse ridges. There is no evidence of gilding or tinning on the buckle frame …
Created on: Friday 28th July 2017
Last updated: Sunday 12th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Woolhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-73DFFC
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, Medieval ring buckle, cast from copperr alloy, dating c1250-c1450. The buckle as an undecorated, circular frame and a cast pin. The pin is looped around the frame and free to move, there is a notch on one side for the pin to rest on. The buckle has an all round deep green patina with patches of brighter corrosion. Diameter 21mm, Thickness 2.9mm, Weight 2.8g.
Created on: Monday 1st May 2017
Last updated: Monday 31st July 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yatton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-D8351B
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
~~Copper alloy annular buckle. This is a simple circular cross-section frame with a thick copper alloy pin that has a penannular loop at the rear for attachment. 1250-1450.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd February 2017
Last updated: Friday 24th February 2017
Spatial data recorded.