Record ID: PUBLIC-9F4C57
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy D shaped single loop buckle frame of probable Medieval date. The frame is sub-oval in cross section and has a bevelled inner edge. The frame exhibits file marks throughout. The overall condition is very good with an even dark green patina. It measures 16.71 mm in length, width is 22.71 mm and the frame is 2.60mm thick. The object weighs 1.79 grammes. Ross Whitehead 'Buckles 1250-1800' has a similar buckle frame on Page 18, No 40. The buckle frame dates from 1250-1450.
Created on: Tuesday 24th June 2014
Last updated: Monday 9th January 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-9AC8BA
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy single looped trapezoidal buckle and plate of medieval period. The buckle has elaborate outer frame edges with traces of thick gilding; there is a rounded rest for the pin (retained) and the pin and plate bar is integral. The plate comsists of one sheet of copper alloy, broadly rectangular in plan but with the reverse side significantly narrower than the upper face. There are five large domed rivets on the fron of the frame the would have secured the back plate to the strap. Gilding is retained over the majority of the front of the plate. Similar buckles are il…
Created on: Tuesday 24th June 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 25th June 2014
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Record ID: BERK-9AAB4D
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy double looped, or 'spectacle' buckle of the early post-medieval period. A little over half of the buckle is retained; the integral strap bar is missing the pin but iron corrosion suggests an iron pin. The frame is plain and undecorated. Similar buckles are illustrated in Whitehead (1996, no 317) and are dated to c. AD 1500-1650.
Created on: Tuesday 24th June 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 25th June 2014
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Record ID: IOW-9AA4DE
Object type: CLOG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete late post-Medieval copper-alloy clog or shoe clasp (c. 1700- c. 1900). This pressed clasp is sub-rectangular in plan. At the expanded end a curving hook with a lobed terminal at each side is turned rearwards through 180°. The opposite end is straight. At the front a raised design on a corrugated field consists of a plain border containing a wicker basket at the expanded end. Tendrils with flowers and buds emanate upwards from it. The plate has three rectangular parallel stamped openings which interrupt the design. The clasp is drab green with traces of a darker green…
Created on: Tuesday 24th June 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 24th June 2014
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Record ID: BERK-9A9BA4
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy plate from a composite strap end of medieval date. The plate would have originally had a matching back plate with a forked spacer between the two plates. The plate is broadly rectangular, narrowing towards the terminal that has a very small projecting knop. There are two rivets located centrally at either end of the plate. Egan & Pritchard (1991:142) illustrate similar strap ends (nos.653 & 664), which are dated from c.1270-1350.
Created on: Tuesday 24th June 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 25th June 2014
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Record ID: BERK-9A854C
Object type: AWL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy awl or leather working tool of uncertain date. The awl has a square-sectioned centre which tapers to a fine point at one end while the other end narrows into a flat chisel-like end. It is assumed that one of these ends would form a tang however either end would function well as a leather or possibly a woodworking tool. Most awls like this are dated to the Bronze Age however the form and function of awls changed little in 3000 years, therefore they could date to anywhere between the Bronze Age though to the medieval period. The patina on this example suggets a p…
Created on: Tuesday 24th June 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 25th June 2014
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Record ID: BERK-9A52B3
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy horse harness pendant dating to the medieval period. The harness pendant is cast in the form of a sexfoil, a six-armed star or flower with a raised central moulding of a possible three-stemed flower. Traces of red enamel survives in the centre of the pendant. Each arm of the sexfoil has an expanded and rounded terminal and traces of gilding can be seen on bth the front and reverse of the pendant. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The integral and broken suspension loop is set perpendicular to the pendant's body. It is possible that this is the central e…
Created on: Tuesday 24th June 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 25th June 2014
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Record ID: BERK-9A207B
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy double-looped rectangular buckle dating to the post-medieval period. The buckle has an undecorated frame that is bevelled from the inner edge to the outer; the integral strap or pin bar is retained as is the copper alloy pin. This type of buckle dates from c. AD 1570-1700. A similar example can be seen in Whitehead (1996) no. 463.
Created on: Tuesday 24th June 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 25th June 2014
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Record ID: LIN-9A0B19
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A chopped copper alloy Roman possible sestertius of an uncertain ruler dating to the period AD c.43-260. Uncertain reverse type. Uncertain mint.
Created on: Tuesday 24th June 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 9th July 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Lindsey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-99DDAC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman as or nummus of an uncertain ruler dating to the period AD 43-402. Uncertain reverse type. Uncertain mint.
Created on: Tuesday 24th June 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 9th July 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Lindsey', grid reference and parish protected.