Record ID: LANCUM-881E25
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy, medieval to post-medieval, double-looped, spectacle buckle with bevelled edges and a flat back to the frame. There is iron staining to the central strap bar suggesting an iron pin. The pin is missing. Whitehead suggests a 14th to 17th century date for this type. The length is 40mm, the width is 24mm and the weight 5.73g.
Created on: Tuesday 1st November 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 1st November 2016
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Record ID: LANCUM-76134C
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy shoe buckle, dating from the Post-Medieval period AD 1700 - 1800. It has a curved, rectangular frame with rounded corners. The ends of the frame are bevelled and the sides are slightly thickened in the centre, where they are drilled to take a separate spindle. A ferrous spindle remains in place but the chape and the pin are missing. The buckle is undecorated. A buckle of similar design is illustrated in Griffiths, Philpott and Egan, 2007, Meols: The Archaeology of the North Wirral Coast, page 218, number 3050. Compare also: Whitehead, 2003, Buckles 1250 - 1…
Created on: Monday 31st October 2016
Last updated: Monday 31st October 2016
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Record ID: LANCUM-92F973
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper-alloy 'D' shaped buckle with slightly pinched nib decorated with three raised transverse lines (c. 1200-c. 1400). The length is 17mm, the width is 22mm and the weight 1.60g. Whitehead (1996) illustrates similar D-shaped buckle frames dated from c.1200-1400. Whitehead, R., 2003 Buckles 1250-1800 Chelmsford : Greenlight Publishing, 24 , nos.109 & 111
Created on: Monday 26th September 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 27th September 2016
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Record ID: LVPL-11C7BB
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy single looped buckle of medieval date. The object is D-shaped in plan and D-shaped in cross-section. The buckle frame is decorated with worn transverse moulding consisting of raised ovals and ridges. The strap bar is narrowed and has been pulled out of shape. The pin is missing. The object has a dark brown patina and can be dated from c.1250-1500. Buckles with a similar form can be found in Whitehead, (2003), p18. Dimensions: 20mm in length, 22mm in width, 2mm thick, 1.8g
Created on: Tuesday 20th September 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 20th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ormskirk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-AE5778
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Asymmetrical copper alloy buckle dating 1575-1700AD. The buckle has a trilobed knop and the pin is missing. The length is 20mm, the width is 14mm and the weight 1.31g.
Created on: Monday 22nd August 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 6th September 2016
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Record ID: LANCUM-898330
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy sub-rectangular shoe buckle dating 1690 to 1720AD. The buckle is complete with chape and tongue. The length is 23 mm, the width is 35mm and the weight 4.95g.
Created on: Wednesday 27th July 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd August 2016
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Record ID: LANCUM-B34FB7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy, hooked strap fitting; an S shaped belt fastener of Post Medieval date, AD 1575 - 1900. It is S shaped and zoomorphic, having the head of a snake at each end. At one end the front of the zoomorphic head touches the central part of the body though this is possibly the result of corrosion products. Both sides of the fitting are decorated with moulded scales in low relief.The length is 41mm, the width is 23mm. Similar examples are illustrated in Gordon Bailey's Detector Finds 3 (1997), pages 20-21. Bailey states that the 'snake form belt hooks' became popular during th…
Created on: Tuesday 17th May 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 7th June 2016
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Record ID: LANCUM-1FE183
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy post-medieval (Georgian) sub-rectangular shoe buckle with rounded ends and a drilled frame for a separate spindle. The loop chape with two internal spikes and the pitchfork tongue is present. Shoe buckles increased in size after 1720 and after 1770 the fixing arrangements became more elaborate with a double looped chape, therefore it is probable that this example dates between 1720 and 1770. The length is 50mm, the width is 53mm and the weight 26.89g.
Created on: Tuesday 10th May 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 10th May 2016
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Record ID: LANCUM-1E331C
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast medieval copper alloy single looped rectangular buckle frame with 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.
Created on: Tuesday 10th May 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 10th May 2016
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Record ID: LANCUM-BC334B
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded iron buckle frame of possible Medieval to Post-Medieval date 1500 - 1800AD. It is square in form and section, badly corroded and the pin is broken and projecting. Similar to SF-418B75. This buckle frame is similar to late Medieval and Post-Medieval examples noted in London (Egan and Pritchard, 1991: no. 430; Egan, 2005: no. 98), as well as Post-Medieval examples from Norwich (Margeson, 1993: no. 204). These indicate a possible 15th-17th century AD date for the current example, although a later date cannot be ruled out entirely. Egan, G. and Pritchard, F., 1991 Dress Acce…
Created on: Monday 11th April 2016
Last updated: Monday 5th December 2016
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Record ID: LANCUM-BBA587
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy buckle of Medieval to Post-medieval date (1450-1600). The buckle has a single loop D-shaped frame with the pin missing. The bar is integral and consistent with the loop, and has an oval cross-section. The pin (missing) would have looped around the frame. The metal is smooth and worn in places with a dark green patina. The length is 43mm, the width is 34mm and the weight 13.92g. Compare NMS-C79643 and DENO-925035 which cites Whitehead, 2003, Buckles: 1250-1800, 25, no.122.
Created on: Monday 11th April 2016
Last updated: Monday 25th April 2016
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Record ID: LANCUM-BA708D
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy rectangular two piece shoe buckle with drilled frame for a separate spindle. The frame is quite narrow, slightly flat in section with rounded corners and is undecorated. There is a slight widening of the underside to accommodate the drillings for the spindle which is missing. It is broken on one side of the frame. It has a brownish patina. The smaller size indicates it is probably from c.1690-1720. The length is 27mm, the width is 22mm and the weight 2.66g.
Created on: Monday 11th April 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 26th April 2016
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Record ID: LANCUM-16B3C7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Wrought iron frame of a rectangular buckle with rounded outer corners and pin; probably from horse harness. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1800. Similar to NLM-230ECD. The length is 94mm, the width is 74mm and the weight 52.68g.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd March 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 6th April 2016
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Record ID: LANCUM-16A8D2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy single looped composite buckle with pin, a pointed lip and offset strap bar with an integrally cast forked spacer. Suggested date: Late Medieval, 1350-1450AD. The object is rectangular in form and cross section and is the central part of a three part buckle with integral strap end. It consists of an oval shaped buckle frame which has tapered sloping outer edges. This is attached to two forked spacers with a rectangular cross section. These form a rectangular platform for a metal plate and each one tapers in width towards their end to accommodate the belt. Cf. Egan an…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd March 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 6th April 2016
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Record ID: LANCUM-169F48
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Buckle. Rectangular single-looped buckle frame with wrap-around pins. The frame appears to be wrought of square section iron, though this may arise from flaking of corroded metal from the metal core. Possibly Post-Medieval, 1500-1800AD. The length is 98mm, the width is 57mm and the weight 116.46g.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd March 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 6th April 2016
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Record ID: LANCUM-169419
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
13th to 14th century copper alloy square framed buckle complete with pin. The length is 23mm, the width is 23mm and the weight 4.54g.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd March 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 6th April 2016
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Record ID: LANCUM-16865B
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy bronze buckle dated 1250-1400AD. The length is 37mm, the width is12 mm and the weight 2.70g.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd March 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 6th April 2016
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Record ID: LANCUM-4C2E88
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-Medieval asymmetrical copper alloy shoe buckle. The spindle and most of the anchor chape have survived, but the pin, which was most probably made from iron, has corroded away and there is only some iron residue left around the spindle and between the two attachment tubes of the chape. The exterior face of the frame has been decorated with scrolling, and corner knops at the chape end. The anchor chape is missing its terminal knop and is asymmetric. Boththe chape and spindle are noticeably crudely made, especially when contrasted with the quite intricate decorative work on the fr…
Created on: Monday 29th February 2016
Last updated: Monday 7th March 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Slyne with Hest', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-4C1249
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-medieval copper alloy double loop buckle frame, missing the pin. The loops are trapeziodal in shape and decorated with stamped or (more likely) moulded hearts and small flowers. There is moulded decoration on the outer edge consisting of a central triangular projection with a small heart in the centre, and two smaller sub-triangular projections at each corner of the outer frame. A grooved line flanks the inside edge of the frame. The spindle is flat rectangular in cross section. There is a sub-triangular knop at each end of the spindle The buckle has a dark gree…
Created on: Monday 29th February 2016
Last updated: Monday 7th March 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yealand', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-4BA738
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval to post-Medieval copper-alloy double-looped buckle (c. 1350-c. 1650). The pin is missing. This buckle frame is convex at the front and flat at the rear. Each oval loop is similar in size and internally bevelled at the front. There is a cut or break in one of the loops. The bar is triangular in cross-section. The frame is green with patches of a darker green patina. Similar buckles have been published and dated c. 1350-c. 1650 AD (Whitehead 2003: 53). Whitehead, R.2003. Buckles 1250-1800. Greenlight Publishing, Witham.
Created on: Monday 29th February 2016
Last updated: Monday 7th March 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yealand', grid reference and parish protected.