Record ID: CAM-6E3086
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Roman to early Medieval copper-alloy buckle of Hawkes and Dunning Type IIA (1961). The object is decorated with transverse lines either side of the spur and at the wider part of the body, where a longitudinal line also gives the impression of a 'fin'. There is a linear pattern of dots next to this, followed by a triangle of dots and a solid diamond on the head. The buckle is c57.44mm in length and has a maximum width of 8.82mm.
Created on: Friday 23rd November 2007
Last updated: Monday 7th January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ellington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-5DD032
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy dolphin buckle dating to the late Roman to early Medieval period (350-450 AD). The frame is open, flat and rectangular in section and is in the form of two stylised dolphins, balancing an egg or globe on their heads. The dolphins' eyes are rendered as moulded ring and dot motifs and they possess pairs of triangular crests on their backs. At the base of their tails extend two circular lugs with circular perforations, through which is threaded an axis bar. Part of the pin loop is wrapped around the axis bar as is a small fragment of the buckle plate. The buckle measures 2…
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2006
Last updated: Monday 7th January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stapleford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-280C00
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a copper-alloy buckle plate dating to the Roman period. The fragment comprises the attachment end, with three D-sectioned hinge loops. The loops are decorated with longitudinal grooves around their outer ends, and have circular perforations obscured and filled with iron corrosion from a separate bar onto which the pin and buckle frame would originally have been hinged. The loops extend from a flat openwork plate with arched perforations bordered by two surviving projections, each one behind a loop and ending in a three-pronged fork. The projection behind the third loo…
Created on: Monday 9th January 2006
Last updated: Monday 10th December 2012
Spatial data recorded.