Record ID: SF-3DEE5C
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) buckle frame. It is D-shaped in plan and cross-section, flat backed with a narrowed bar, and notch for the now missing pin.  Short, plain frames are a feature of buckles of the 7th to 8th centuries (for examples, see MacGregor and Bolick 1993: 191 - 208). Length: 32.17mm Width: 21.67mm Weight: 11.62g
Created on: Monday 8th April 2024
Last updated: Monday 8th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Finborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-3DDF1B
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) buckle frame. It is sub-oval in plan with a slightly narrowed bar, and missing pin.  The frame is circular in cross-section. Short, plain frames are a feature of buckles of the 7th to 8th centuries (for examples, see MacGregor and Bolick 1993: 191 - 208). Length: 21.06mm Width: 10.64mm Weight: 2.17g
Created on: Monday 8th April 2024
Last updated: Monday 8th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Combs', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-E9E634
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy enamelled buckle plate of 12th or 13th century date. The plate is a Limoges product made from copper-alloy of which only a tiny stub survives. It is broadly circular in shape, but following the pattern of the enamel design dipping in the centre of each side of the plate. The enamel design comprises four lozenge shaped petals, with white, blue and red enamel, surrounding a circle which is pierced in the centre for a now missing rivet. Limoges dress accessories are only occasionally recorded (see NMS-128191, BH-9EC418, NMS-948…
Created on: Thursday 4th April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 4th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Debenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-E93518
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Medieval buckle. The frame is circular in form, with an integral plate, which tapers towards an old break. The frame protrudes on each side before the plate. The plate retains the pin, and has a circular hole for a, now missing, rivet and terminates at the remains of another circular hole at the break. There is gilding evident, in a design of a central line, and 45 degree diagonal lines on each side of the central line. A similar example can be seen in Egan and Pritchard, 2011, pg 78, fig 48, 320-231.  Length: 32.17mm Width: 14.60mm Weight: 3.70g
Created on: Thursday 4th April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 4th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Debenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-E85102
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy buckle with integral (rigid) plate of Medieval date. It is broadly trapezoidal in form, with an incised notched pin rest on the outer edge, a circular hole for the now missing pin below the frame. It has a stamped dot pattern across the plate in repeating lines, before terminating in an old break. It is undecorated on the reverse.  Length:29.09mm Width: 21.92mm Weight: 3.66g
Created on: Thursday 4th April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 4th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Finborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-BDA4B3
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy buckle plate with integral pin of probable Roman date due to the presence of stamped decoration and a cast plate, of Hawkes and Dunning Type IIIB. The plate has the remains of the integral buckle frame projecting at one side of the plate, It has a repeating stamped decoration of two rows of circular dots and a line. There is a circular hole below the pin for a rivet (now missing). Length: 21.50mm (not including pin) Width: 23.77mm Thickness: 1.73mm Weight: 3.72g
Created on: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nedging-with-Naughton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-9F585A
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy buckle plate of Medieval date. It is missing both edges of the plate, frame and pin due to old breaks. The plate is in the shape of a bird or the letter M, folded at the frame end to produce a smaller rectangular back plate with rectangular pin slot. The central panel is separated from the 'wings' by keyhole shaped openwork decoration, and is rectangular in form with a flaring triangular terminal end. The front face of the central panel has rocker, giving the impression of a tail.  It measures 38.04mm in length, 34.61mm in wid…
Created on: Thursday 7th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 7th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Battisford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-E66579
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Medieval-Post Medieval cast copper alloy buckle or strap loop, c.AD 1250-1800. The object is a D-shaped, single looped buckle that is circular in section. The pin is missing. It has a smooth dark-green patina. See NLM-5FC900, SWYOR-5F1E62 and SWYOR-8E3A33 for similar examples recorded on the database.  
Created on: Monday 22nd January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-FE281D
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy medieval annular buckle/brooch. The hoop is circular in both shape and cross-section, its outer face decorated with fine transverse ribs. A simple copper-alloy pin with moulded annular head remains in situ.  Without a recess for the pin this is best defined as a buckle, although its delicate, decorative form shows some similarities to medieval annular brooches. Egan and Pritchard (1991, 64) suggest that the annular buckle form was in use from the late 14th century into the Post-Medieval period and they are difficult to date more closely. Diameter:…
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-16EFC6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Medieval composite oval buckle with integral forked spacer. The buckle frame is oval in shape with bevelled sides and notch for pin in the centre of the outside edge. The bar is offset and constricted to accommodate the pin, which no longer survives. The sheet plates are missing and one forked prong is broken towards the end. The date suggested by Egan and Pritchard from the ceramic phase is AD 1350-1400 (Egan and Pritchard 1991, fig. 49, n. 325, p. 81).
Created on: Tuesday 19th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kenton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-02CD56
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval copper-alloy buckle dating to circa AD 1350-1500. It is a single loop D-shaped buckle. The frame is plano-convex in section with an expanded outer edge. The bar is offset and circular sectioned. It is now heavily patterned with iron corrosion likely due to the presence an externally made ferrous pin.  
Created on: Monday 18th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashfield cum Thorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-028B1E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval copper-alloy buckle, dating c AD 1350-1400 . The frame is sub-oval in shape with a straight, flattened, recessed strap bar with a slight groove where the pin would have sat. The pin and possible plate are missing. The outer-facing curved loop is decorated with a single central knop with a central embossed line forming the pin rest. It is D-shaped in section. Meols Type 4 buckle dating to ~1250-1500 AD (Griffiths et al. 2007, fig. 2.5.1).
Created on: Monday 18th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 15th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-0139ED
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval copper-alloy buckle dating to circa AD 1500-1650. It is D-shaped in plan and plano-convex in section. The front face has bevelled edges. There is a median lateral notch on the front face of the outer edge to take receipt of the now missing pin. The bar is rectangular-sectioned and offset.  Similar examples are recorded in Whitehead 2003: nos 147-158.
Created on: Monday 18th December 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Monk Soham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-002D19
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval cast copper-alloy buckle plate dating to circa AD 1200-1400. The plate consists of a single sheet of metal, sub-rectangular in plan. At the attachment is folded, with the plates joined together with three externally made circular-sectioned rivets arranged in a 2-1 formation. At the attachment end is a median rectangular slot for the pin to have rested in. The plate on the reverse has now mostly broken away.
Created on: Monday 18th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 22nd January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashfield cum Thorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-8A3345
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gilded copper-alloy medieval buckle with integral plate. The buckle frame is oval in shape, with a slightly thickened outer edge. The integral plate is D-shaped in cross-section with a rounded outer face, long, narrow and tapers slightly towards its outer end, which culminates in a slightly wider sub-rectangular section with a small, pointed hook extending from the centre of its outer end. There is a single hole through the outer end of the plate and two through the inner end. The outer face of the plate is decorated with two wide bands of stippling, one at the inner en…
Created on: Thursday 30th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 8th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-F35721
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy medieval buckle/strap fitting component. The main loop of the frame is T-shaped, comprising a wide, rectangular outer section with a narrower rectangular section projecting at a right-angle from the centre of its inner edge. The outer end of this latter, rear section culminates in a slightly wider, oval-shaped attachment loop with a narrow, raised, transverse collar accross the outer face of its inner end. An in situ copper-alloy pin sits within the rear section of the loop. The outer face of the pin is decorated with a raised transverse ridge in …
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 14th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elmswell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-35A74B
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy buckle tongue/ chape, dating between AD 1660-1720. The tongue/ chape is sub-triangular in shape and mostly flat in section. The artefact forks/ divides into two cylindrical sectioned casings to the left and right where the pin connects the tongue/ chape to the main frame of the buckle. At the opposing end, there is a circular rivet hole. The artefact has a green patina. Similar tongues/ chapes are illustrated in Whitehead's 'Buckles 1250-1800', pages 98-102, ref nos 609, 626, 630, 633, 644, 656, 659 & 660. Dimensions: Length 36.8mm, Widt…
Created on: Tuesday 14th November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 21st November 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-358AA9
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete single loop D-shaped buckle of medieval date (Meols type 2) dating c. AD 1200-1350. The frame has a D shaped cross section and a narrowed and offset bar. The copper alloy wrap around pin survives attached to the bar and tapers to a point. The object has no decoration and has a green patina. Measurements: Length 14.2mm, Width 12.9mm, Thickness 3.2mm, Weight 1.46g. This fits into Meols type 2, simple ovals with offset bars, a similar example can be found in Whitehead’s Buckles (2003, 19) no.59
Created on: Tuesday 14th November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 21st November 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-BB1133
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy buckle of medieval date (c.1400 - 1500). Description: The frame consists of a sub-oval loop, the edges of which are scalloped with nine lobes, and an integral rectangular attachment loop.  The inside edge of the oval loop is perforated with as circular hole through which a copper-alloy pin is wrapped.  Measurements: length: 25.6mm, width: 17.2mm, thickness: 1.8mm, weight: 3,02g. Discussion: Similar to that found in Whitehead, 2003, p. 38, no. 220. 
Created on: Wednesday 8th November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 30th November 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-0EAE3B
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval copper-alloy buckle dating to circa AD 1250-1400. The extant piece consists of the outer edge of the frame; only a small portion of the bar remains. The piece is flat. The outer edge is expanded and plain. The surviving portion of the bar is narrowed and offset. It is consistent with Meols Type 1 (Griffiths et al 2006).
Created on: Tuesday 31st October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashfield cum Thorpe', grid reference and parish protected.