Record ID: SF-6557E1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: An incomplete gold Anglo Saxon buckle pin of unusual form. The pin is complete and curves downwards whilst tapering gently in width towards its terminal end, it is D-shaped in section, being flat underneath. The terminal end is open and flat and shows that the pin is in fact hollow and now filled with soil. In fact the pin appears to be constructed from two separate sheets of gold, a front sheet bent into a U-shape which is soldered onto a back plate. The front face of the pin has seven square cells running longitudinally along its centre, each cell very slightly smalle…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd June 2009
Last updated: Monday 4th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'MID SUFFOLK', grid reference and parish protected.