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-028107
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy post medieval shoe or knee buckle, with a drilled frame for a separate spindle dating to circa AD 1690-1720.  The brooch is broadly rectangular with rounded edges. The frame is curved in profile. At the centre of each long edge is a projection that would have held the separate spindle. This is now lost along with the pin. The upper frame is decorated with a small groove around the circumference of the brooch. Along the inner edge is a repeating pattern of oblique linear grooves. The alloy has a high tin content and has a green/grey coloured surface patina…
Created on: Tuesday 12th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 25th October 2023
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Record ID: WMID-7BE0DC
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy sub-rectangular shoe buckle with drilled frame for seperate spindle, c.1720-1790. The frame of the buckle is concave in profile, with squared-off edges, and drilled holes for a seperate spindle, now missing. The surface of the buckle has moulded scrolls and sashes, with transverse lines at the buckles inner four corners, and at its opposite sides, parrallel to the missing spindle. The surface of the buckle has the remains of iron staining in placers, suggesting possibly that the now missing spindle and chape were of iron construction. The back of the buc…
Created on: Monday 31st July 2023
Last updated: Thursday 12th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Aymestrey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-058D7D
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval (1720-1790) sub-rectangular cast copper alloy shoe buckle. Surface ornament comprising moulded scrolls, circles, and two fleur de lis at adjacent ends. The buckle has the remains of iron staining, where the central spindle has rotted away.The pin is missing. The buckle is shallow D-shaped in cross section, with a convex front, and concave plain rear.
Created on: Monday 19th December 2022
Last updated: Saturday 11th February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Aymestrey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-EED26B
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy double-looped buckle frame dating to the post-medieval period (c. 16th - 17th century), incomplete insofar as it is missing its pin. The frame is formed of a pair of shallow oval loops either aide of a narrowed bar which has low, moulded knops either end. The outer edge is enlarged to accommodate a moulded rosette, with defined petals. The front of the frame is bevelled both externally and internally, and the reverse is flat forming a broadly trapezoidal cross-section. As well as the pin being absent, in profile, both of the buckl…
Created on: Sunday 18th December 2022
Last updated: Monday 13th February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Old Colwall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-C95B74
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy post Medieval double loop buckle with a decorative scallop-shell style lobe on the outer edge of the frame loop and and on the bottom end of the strap bar. 
Created on: Friday 16th December 2022
Last updated: Monday 13th February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Old Colwall', grid reference and parish protected.

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
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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: LVPL-14413B
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete buckle chape dating to the post medieval period (c.AD 1660-1720). The chape is sub-triangular in shape with a waisted body. The terminal curves and is incomplete, but appears to have been studded. The opposite end presents two rounded fixtures for attaching to a separate spindle to the buckle frame. One face presents a stamped maker's mark of 'WB' within a rectangular cartouche. The object is undecorated and has a smooth bright green patina. Dimensions: Length 28.26mm; width 17.49mm; thickness 2.01mm; weight 3.79g Similar chapes are illustrated in Whitehea…
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
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Record ID: PUBLIC-093DF6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a cast cooper-alloy double loop oval buckle with moulded floral decoration, c1550-c1650. Length 31mm, width 25mm, thickness 1.2mm, weight 3.5g Similar examples are listed in Whitehead (1997 republished 2003) in his catalogue, good parallels are Cat Nos: 397, 399 and 403-4
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-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
Spatial data recorded.

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-DBD233
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy figurative buckle of double-looped circular form, probably of 16th or early 17th century date The cast buckle is in the form of a bird near complete, retaining the attached copper alloy sheet plate but missing the pin (with a length of 41.9mm and a weight of 4.6g). The bird is depicted with a pointed head and neck projecting at one end and the fantail at the rear. The neck is of D-shaped section with concave sides and is decorated with transverse grooves (with a length of 8.3mm, a maximum width and thickness of 3.5mm and 2.3mm respectively). The decorat…
Created on: Tuesday 12th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 12th January 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: GLO-5B5CC7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy double looped buckle with oval frames that have slightly convex moulded sides. The strap bar is narrowed. This artefact dates to the 1500-1650
Created on: Thursday 1st October 2020
Last updated: Thursday 1st October 2020
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Record ID: GLO-4B812B
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy double looped buckle with oval frames that have a projecting knop in each coroner. The a narrowed and recessed strap bar has an expanded knop at both ends.
Created on: Wednesday 30th September 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 30th September 2020
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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.

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Record ID: HESH-E195C8
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy buckle of post-medieval date (1660-1720). The frame of the buckle is sub-rectangular (rectangular with rounded corners) in plan with two central drilled holes to which an iron axis bar would have fixed. The pin and strap fittings are lost. In profile the frame is bowed. In the centre of the buckle frame, either side of the axis bar, are a series of high relief cast scrolls which conjoin with a series of reel like balusters at either end. The buckle is mid brown grey colour with an even but abraded patina that covers all surfaces. Similar examples to this buckle can…
Created on: Friday 27th September 2019
Last updated: Thursday 12th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pixley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-6978A1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy double looped buckle of Post-Medieval date (c. AD 1550 - 1650); the second loop has been lost. The buckle is broadly sub-rectangular and D-shaped in plan with a missing cast central bar to which a pin and strap plate would have been attached; both have been lost. There is a rounded protrusion on the exterior of the frame half-way around the curve of the D-shape; the knop has been badly worn but could originally have been an acorn. The object has heavy wear and is plain and undecorated. The reverses of the knop is concave. The object has been damaged in …
Created on: Friday 16th August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 9th October 2019
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Record ID: HESH-695B21
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy buckle with drilled frame of late post-medieval date (1690-1720). The buckle frame is complete and is broadly sub-rectangular in plan. In profile it is bowed / arched. The central bar is lost although originally it would have fitted through two drilled hole in the frame. It is likely to have been made of iron. The pin is also missing and there is no evidence of recessed pin rests on the frame. The frame of the buckle is plain with no decoration. The reverse of the buckle is plain and undecorated. The buckle is a dark grey green colour with a polished patina that cove…
Created on: Friday 16th August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 9th October 2019
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Record ID: HESH-69454F
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy double looped buckle of post-medieval date (1650-1720). The frame of the buckle is oval in plan and a missing cast central bar to which the pin (not present) would have fitted. On either edges of the frame are two recessed pin rests; these form part of a repeating pattern. This pattern is cast and consists of a repeating series of raised panels bordered by two cast recesses. The buckle is bowed and is a dark green grey colour with a broken and uneven patina that covers all surfaces. The buckle has a symmetrical profile. Similar examples to this buckle can be seen in …
Created on: Friday 16th August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 9th October 2019
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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
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HESH-04C97D
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy buckle fragment with drilled frame of late post-medieval date (1690-1720). The buckle frame fragment likely made up a sub-rectangular buckle, although its full size is unclear. In profile it is bowed / arched. The frame of the buckle is decorated with a series of cast designs, which are formed from vertical and horizontal recessed lines echoing the shape of the buckle. The reverse of the buckle is plain and undecorated. The buckle is a dark grey green colour with a polished patina that covers all surfaces. Movement in the ploughsoil has resulted in the buckle becomin…
Created on: Tuesday 30th July 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 30th October 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HESH-014AF6
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 26.95mm, a width of 5.71mm and a thickness of 5.76mm. The object weighs 2.23 grams.
Created on: Tuesday 30th July 2019
Last updated: Thursday 5th September 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HESH-7120C5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy double looped circular buckle of late medieval or post-medieval date (1450-1550). The frame of the buckle is broadly circular in plan with a slight cast central bar. The sheet metal pin which would have wrapped around the central bar is lost. There is no evidence of the frame of a pin rest. The external edge of the buckle is faceted and indented but no incised decoration survives. Both the obverse and reverse face of the buckle are plain and undecorated. The buckle is a light green color with an even patina that covers all surfaces. The object measur…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd July 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 30th 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
Spatial data recorded.

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
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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.