Record ID: WMID-3C33EB
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval copper alloy buckle with plate, dating to c. AD 1250-1650. The inner edge of a cast single looped buckle frame with a narrowed and offset strap bar retained by a sub-triangular metal plate secured by folding around the strap bar. It has a slot at the centre where it folds over the strap bar, which would have once contained the missing pin. It has a green / brown coloured uneven surface patina. No decoration is present.  Length: 19.4mm, Width: 20.4mm, Thickness inc fold: 3.9mm, Thickness of plate: 1.3mm, Weight: 2.2 grams …
Created on: Monday 8th April 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
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Record ID: WMID-D2B47D
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy buckle frame of Medieval to Post-Medieval date, circa AD 1250 - 1500. The buckle is D-shape in plan and single looped. It has a narrow and off-set axis bar and the outer surface has bevelled edges. The pin is still in place and formed from one piece of copper alloy that ends at a pointed tip.The reverse is flat and undecorated.  The buckle is green in colour and has an uneven surface patina.  Measurements: length 23.2mm, width (inc pin) 20.1mm, thickness 1.8mm, weight 3.1 grams Whitehead (2003: p.19, Nos. 53 & 55) states that ca…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
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Record ID: WAW-BBDA07
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy double loop buckle of Medieval to Post Medieval date (c. AD 1350-1650). The frame is made from two oval-shaped loops. The central bar has a sub-rectangular cross section and is thinner in the centre than it is at either the top or the bottom. The bottom, top, and outside edges have a sub-triangular cross section, with a flat reverse, a bevelled inside edge, and a moderately domed exterior. The pin is an open loop pin that has a rectangular cross section and tapers to a pointed tip that curves downwards. Both loops are bent slightly upwards. The object…
Created on: Thursday 1st February 2024
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2024
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Record ID: WAW-FDF035
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy Medieval buckle plate and rivet dating c. AD 1200-1400. The buckle plate is roughly sub-rectangular in plan with two rounded, sub-triangular projections on the one side. The top right corner is folded forwards upwards. The sub-triangular projections are bent downwards towards the end and show signs of having been broken in antiquity, and these would have been the attachment loops that attached the buckle plate to the buckle. There is a sub-square gap between the two sub-triangular remnants of the attachment loops, which would have been where the pin was loc…
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th January 2024
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Record ID: WMID-FDA06B
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy double looped oval 'spectacle' buckle of Medieval to Post Medieval dating, circa AD 1350 -1650. The frame consists of two oval loops, a recess strap bar. and is slightly convex. The edges of the frame flare outwards. No decoration is present on the obverse. The reverse is concave and undecorated. The pin has been fused to the edge of buckle frame.  The buckle is very worn and has a brown and green coloured patina.  Measurements: length 48.2mm, width 51.4mm, thickness 3.4mm, weight 10.2 grams Whitehead…
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 19th January 2024
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Record ID: PUBLIC-D00BF4
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy and iron buckle of Post-Medieval date (c. 1660-1720). The double looped rounded trapezoidal frame (25.4mm long, 16.8mm wide). Four transverse collars on outer edge of each loop, concave sides with 3 moulded roundels, the frame is drilled to insert the iron bar holding chape. The surface of the buckle is dark brown and green and pitted, with much of the original surface lost. The damaged chape has the makers Initials I.S. stamped in light relief. Reference: Whitehead Buckles 1250-1800(2003), No.622, page 99 The measurements of buckle…
Created on: Thursday 9th November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 21st November 2023
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Record ID: WAW-38A9E5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy double-loop buckle of Post Medieval date (c. AD 1550-1650). The buckle is a double-looped oval buckle with an angled frame and remnants of floral decoration. There are two angled, oval loops connected by a central bar. The frames of the loops have a largely sub-rectangular cross section, with a flat reverse and a flat surface on the inside of the loop, whilst being more domed on the external surfaces. There are moulded, sub-triangular projections on the apex of the outside edges of both loops. These have been heavily worn and are decorated with a reces…
Created on: Thursday 2nd November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 2nd November 2023
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Record ID: WAW-85C0CA
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy composite buckle with an integral hollow box plate of Medieval date c. AD 1400-1450. The buckle is comprised of a box plate, sub-rectangular in plan and cross section, open at one end and closed at the other. The closed end has been crushed slightly, so that the top and bottom plates bend inwards, with the bottom plate bending further inwards. There is a waisted collar at the closed end from which the remains of the frame extend. The box plate is very worn, though there does appear to be some remains of decoration in the form of a quatrefoil …
Created on: Wednesday 6th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 6th September 2023
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Record ID: WMID-D50A52
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval copper alloy buckle strap plate; suggested date A.D. c1100-1300. The plate is rectangular, flat, with one side remaining, and has two incomplete arms at the attachment end. Three bulbous-headed copper-alloy rivets pass through the plate. The surface of the plate has a mid-brown broken patina.  Length 34.17mm, width 14.08mm, thickness 6.29mm, weight 3.72g.
Created on: Sunday 23rd July 2023
Last updated: Thursday 12th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rous Lench', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-9664DB
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy buckle plate of Medieval date (c. AD 1200-1400). The bottom plate and buckle are missing. The top plate is 1.13mm thick and is trapezoidal in shape, being 19.19mm wide at the right and tapering to 18.04mm wide at the left. There is a sub-triangular projection on the right-hand edge. On the left hand edge of the plate there are the remnants of the two attachment loops that would have held the buckle, though these are now bent upwards. There are two circular rivet holes on the left hand side that are roughly in line with the attachment loops remnants.&nb…
Created on: Thursday 20th July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 1st August 2023
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Record ID: WAW-7B18E8
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, heavily worn copper alloy double looped sub-annular buckle of Post Medieval date (c. AD 1650-1720). The pin is missing. The buckle is oval in plan and slightly curved in profile, with the central strap bar creating two D-shaped loops. There are five moulded circular concave roundels on the right-hand outside edge and the bottom edge, whilst the left-hand outside edge and top edge both have rounded, convex roundels. The object has iron staining covering a large amount of the surface, though there are patches of light and dark green patina and some bits of gilding on…
Created on: Wednesday 19th July 2023
Last updated: Friday 4th August 2023
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Record ID: WAW-16C4ED
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, copper alloy, asymmetric double-loop buckle of Medieval date (c. AD 1350-1450). The buckle has a smaller rectangular loop and a larger, D-shaped loop that curves slightly below the rest of the frame. The frame has an oval cross-section with wider sections on either side of the frame just before the D-shaped outer edge and a moulded groove at the apex of the D-shaped outer edge. The bar is flush with the frame with a constriction in the centre. The pin has been retained and is formed from a single piece of metal with an open loop. The frame is largely undecorated, though th…
Created on: Friday 14th July 2023
Last updated: Thursday 3rd August 2023
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Record ID: WAW-128849
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete copper alloy trapezoidal shoe/knee buckle, chape, and pin of Post Medieval date (c. AD 1660-1720). The buckle frame has two trapezoidal loops and is convex on the exterior side and concave on the reverse. The frame has been drilled at the apex of the loops, with an iron spindle passing through. The plate still remains and ends in a rounded terminal with a circular perforation in it. There is a maker's mark on the plate that reads "W I". The pin is still in place, though part of it is missing. The exterior of the frame has moulded decoration with…
Created on: Friday 14th July 2023
Last updated: Thursday 3rd August 2023
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Record ID: OXON-2B316C
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early Medieval cast copper alloy buckle plate of Marzinzik (2003) Typegroup II.23, dating to the 6th or 7th century AD. This is waisted, with a subrectangular section making up about two-thirds of its length and a rounded section making up the remaining third. The plate is curved in profile. The rounded section sits furthest from the buckle attachment and features a small central round perforation / rivet hole. Regularly spaced around this hole are six stamped circles with a central round depression (resembling a ring and dot motif). Separated from this sec…
Created on: Monday 3rd July 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th September 2023
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Record ID: WMID-1B1C10
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval (late 16th to 17th centuries) buckle: The copper alloy buckle frame is asymmetrical in plan, with one trapezoidal shaped loop and the other D-shaped. The strap bar is sub- trapezoidal in section. The pin is missing. The edges of the frame are bevelled on the exterior edges and the apex of the larger loop has two transverse grooves as notches. The surface of the frame has traces of a green patina, otherwise it is covered with a mid-brown rough copper corrosion, with the remains of tinning on its surface in places. The frame measures 21.23mm in length, 2.53mm thi…
Created on: Tuesday 20th June 2023
Last updated: Thursday 12th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rous Lench', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-1AB8D7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval (late 16th to 17th centuries) buckle: The copper alloy buckle frame is asymmetrical in plan, with one trapezoidal shaped loop and the other D-shaped. The D-shaped section has a produding section at its inner mid-point. The asymetrical outer edge of the frame has a slight grove running its length at its mid-point, and has protruding points at both of its outer edges, and at its mid-point. The strap bar is sub- trapezoidal in section. The pin is missing. The buckle is slightly bevelled upwards in cross-section.The edges of the frame are bevelled on the exterior ed…
Created on: Tuesday 20th June 2023
Last updated: Thursday 12th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rous Lench', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-496D05
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy single loop spur buckle with an integral plate of medieval dating (c.AD 1250-1400). The head of the buckle has an oval frame leading to the body which is slightly concave and tapers to a point. There are two rivet holes below the loop which have been filled and are intersected by a horizontal ridge. Iron corrosion products obscure the holes and part of the loop. The plate is incomplete, broken about at the midway point. The reverse of the buckle is undecorated and the pin is missing. It measures 21.3 mm in length, 14.3 mm wide and 3.4 mm thick. It…
Created on: Wednesday 17th May 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 17th May 2023
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Record ID: WMID-A444A2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval cast copper alloy single loop buckle, with a thickened front edge decorated with a notched and pointed projecting pin rest flanked by rounded lobes. The strap bar is in line with the buckles frame and off-set with a knop at one end, with the  opposite end now worn away. c.1250-1400. The reverse of the buckle is flat, and the pin is missing. The buckle has a mid-brown patina, with the remains of a black coating on both sides. Length 19.41mm, width 19.45mm, thickness 3.03mm, and weight 1.69g.
Created on: Tuesday 9th May 2023
Last updated: Thursday 19th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rous Lench', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-A3944B
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper alloy single loop buckle (c.1350-1450), missing its spacer, with the remains of one side of the buckle plate remaining, from a composite buckle. The frame is oval with bevelled edges and a pointed pin rest at the front. The surface of the copper-alloy triangular pin has heavy corrosion attached to it, which has also attached in places to the buckle head; this has attached the pin to the head of the buckle. One of the buckle plates partially remains, and shows the remains of silvering on its inner edge. The remaining plate has a perforation just ab…
Created on: Tuesday 9th May 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Inkberrow', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-51ADC4
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy post medieval double looped shoe buckle, c. 1660-1720. The frame is curved and sub rectangular, 22.71mm long by 18.6mm wide, with rounded sides. The iron spindle is retained and holds a triangular chape, 24.45mm in length with concave sides and complete with mushroom-headed stud and pointed pin, which is broken at its end-point. There is the remains of iron staining on the frame of the buckle, which has a dark brown patina. The chape has a mid-green patina.
Created on: Friday 5th May 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bayton', grid reference and parish protected.