Record ID: SOM-DD947E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval cast copper-alloy double-looped buckle, incomplete in so far as it is missing its pin. The frame is formed of two oval loops with a central narrowed strap bar of trapezoidal cross-section. Possible traces of iron corrosion product at the strap bar suggest that the pin was made of iron. The frame is 'D' shaped in section with a flat back and rounded front. There are projecting circular knops at the outer corners of the frame on both loops and rounded knops at the top and bottom of the strap bar. The pin is missing. It measures 35.4mm long, 24.2mm wide and 2.6mm thick. I…
Created on: Thursday 22nd May 2014
Last updated: Friday 23rd May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F6CC75
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A damaged and incomplete copper-alloy post-medieval buckle plate. The plate was formed of one copper-alloy sheet, cut and bent over on itself. It is broken in half, at the point where it would have looped round the buckle frame. From the broken point it continues with plain rectangular tabs on either side before narrowing to a waist of 7.7mm. The squared off terminal is flared out at 11.9mm wide. In addition to this hole at the terminal there is another hole central with the widest point; neither rivet survives. No decoration is visible on either surface. The metal is a general…
Created on: Friday 24th May 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 25th June 2013
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Record ID: SOM-1C5E05
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval cast copper-alloy composite buckle with forked spacer. This example is incomplete in so far as it is missing the sheet plates, pin and the tip of one of the prongs. The frame is oval frame with a projecting lip on the outer edge, but no groove for the pin. The frame is shallowly bevelled externally on its upper surface, with a small flat zone near the inner side. The lower surface is largely flat other than some slight bevelling externally. The prongs are only very slightly recessed for the plates; their surfaces have been covered in the corrosion product presumably of sold…
Created on: Wednesday 19th June 2013
Last updated: Saturday 22nd October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alvediston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-1D0AD6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval cast copper-alloy single-looped buckle with integral plate. The frame is oval, with a protruding lip central on the outer edge. It features a deep transverse groove for the pin; this latter is now missing. The perforation for the pin on the opposite edge is locate within a section that curves into the frame's recess. The upper surfaces of the frame is bevelled externally while the lower surface is flat. The integral plate is, at its centre, parallel-sided with a low semicircular cross-section. A pair of wider collars separate the plate from the frame, with a further such co…
Created on: Wednesday 19th June 2013
Last updated: Saturday 22nd October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alvediston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-C1DF55
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval cast copper-alloy double-loop buckle frame with rectangular loops, with the loop of the broken pin in situ around the pin bar. The pin has been broken just beyond the loop. The loops are trapezoidal in cross section. The outer edges of both loops are straight other than a central rectangular projecting lobe. There is an incised line running down the centre of each projection acting as a pin rest. There are smaller projecting knops at the ends of the narrowed strap bar. The frame is 40.5mm long, 25.3mm wide and 3.7mm thick; it weighs 9.08g. Whitehead (2003: 79) illustra…
Created on: Monday 15th April 2013
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2013
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Record ID: SOM-D32860
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval - post-medieval cast copper-alloy single loop buckle frame, missing its pin. The loop is oval with flattened edge acting as the pin/strap bar. The loop is D shaped in section with a flat back. All the way around the front are deeply incised, regular spaced diagonal lines creating a crude ropework. The frame is 30.1mm long and 28.3mm wide; it weighs 5.71 grams. A similar frame is illustrated by Whitehead (2003, 25), no.122 which he dates to c.1450-1550 AD
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2013
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Record ID: SOM-D5DC02
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy late medieval annular buckle frame with central strap bar. The outer face of one side is decorated with incised grooves, forming lobes in between. The other loop has two constrictions on the outer edge, with a lobe at either side, the area between containing multiple transverse grooves. The front is bevelled internally and externally while the back is flat. The frame measures 31.2mm long, 27.3mm wide and 3.2mm; it weighs 7.24 grams. A similar buckle is illustrated by Whitehead (2003, 46), no.266, and is dated to c.AD 1400-1500.
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2013
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Record ID: SOM-D70CF2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or post-medieval plain cast copper-alloy double-loop buckle frame. The frame has two oval loops with bevelled outer and inner sides on the front; the back appears flat. The strap bar is narrowed with a triangular cross-section. The pin is missing but dark orange corrosion product at the pin bar shows that it would have been of iron. It is 24.9mm long, 20.3mm wide and 2.2mm thick, it weighs 3.0 grams. It is likely that simple forms like this were in use by c.1350 (Egan and Pritchard 1993:22, 82-3, cf no.332), and they continued into the 17th century.
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2013
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Record ID: SOM-E90C23
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cast copper-alloy buckle frame missing its plate and pin. The frame is oval with an offset and narrowed strap bar and offset outer edge recessed in the centre to take a sheet roller which survives in place. The outer edge has knops flanking the recessed centre. The upper and lower sides have a convex outer face. The frame is 19.5mm long, 4.75mm thick and 24.05mm wide and weighs 4.53 grams. Egan (2007, 95) illustrates a very similar example, no.590. He suggests (ibid:86) this type (Meols Type 11) dates to the medieval period (c.1250-1400 AD).
Created on: Wednesday 17th April 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2013
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Record ID: SOM-E93014
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cast copper-alloy buckle frame. The frame is broadly 'D' shaped in plan, with a protruding pointed lip for the pin in the centre of the outer edge. The lip seems to have a notched centre for the pin to rest in formed by an incised line. The frame is broadly D-shaped in section with a flattened inner side. The strap bar is slightly offset and recessed. The pin is missing. The buckle measures 17.3mm long, 20.9mm wide and 3.3mm thick; it weighs 1.89g. Similar buckles are illustrated in Egan (2007:91) e.g. no.496-497. These examples are categorised as a Meols type 4 and it is …
Created on: Wednesday 17th April 2013
Last updated: Saturday 22nd October 2016
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Record ID: SOM-51E286
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval cast copper-alloy double-loop buckle frame with rectangular loops, bent in profile and now missing its pin. The loops are trapezoidal in cross section. The outer edges of both loops are straight other than a central rectangular projecting lobe. There is an incised line running down the centre of each projection acting as a pin rest. There are smaller projecting knops at the ends of the narrowed strap bar, also bifid. As noted, one of the loops has been bent upwards and twisted slightly as as result of old damage. The frame is 38.0mm long, 24.0mm wide and 3.5mm th…
Created on: Monday 22nd April 2013
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Membury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7FA4E5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A damaged and incomplete medieval buckle with integral hollow box plate cast in copper alloy (15th century AD). The frame is almost entirely missing apart from a very small part of the side at the junction. At the junction of frame and plate is an oval perforation. Retained in place is a long wire pin of circular cross-section, its tip bent to one side. It has corroded to a more red colour than the box plate and was of a different alloy. A thin, waisted element connects the frame and the trapezoidal plate. The box plate is hollow to accommodate the strap which was held in place by a p…
Created on: Wednesday 24th April 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 10th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Elm', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-802172
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval buckle with elaborate openwork plate of heavily tinned copper alloy (c. 13th century AD). The frame is rectangular with a protruding lip at the centre of its outer edge with a groove to act as a pin rest. The pin itself is looped in situ around the frame but has been significantly truncated as a result of old damage. The plate is formed of a single thick sheet folded round on itself at the frame end. The lower fold is narrow compared to the upper, and far shorter, just long enough to incorporate the notched cut out for the pin while retaining integrity. The upper part of the …
Created on: Wednesday 24th April 2013
Last updated: Friday 24th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Elm', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-906CC2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval cast copper-alloy single-loop (probably) sub-rectangular buckle frame with decorated outer edge. The frame is flat on its lower surface and moulded externally on the upper. The pin bar is slightly narrowed. At the corners of the outer edge are lobed knops that protrude diagonally. Between them is cusping around a central triangle which bears a scored pin rest centrally. There are four small lateral knops and the sides just in from the pin bar and outer edge, respectively. The pin is missing, although there is a hint of iron corrosion product at the centre of the pin …
Created on: Tuesday 7th May 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 7th May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chedzoy', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-90E841
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval double-looped buckle dating to c. 1660-1720 AD. The frame is sub-trapezoidal with concave notched ends each with two conjoined circular openwork apertures. The sides are pronouncedly concave with pointed and grooved knops at the junction with the apertures. The sides are thickened at the pin bar.. The latter appears integral to the frame, though narrowed and recessed. Patches of iron corrosion product are attached to it on both surfaces. The front of the buckle is moulded while the back is flat. It is curved in profile probably as a result of its use as a shoe or …
Created on: Tuesday 7th May 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 7th May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chedzoy', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-912A35
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval cast copper-alloy single-looped buckle, missing its pin. The outer edge is widened and thickened, and tapers in thickness to the sides. It has slight lateral knops. There are three incised transverse grooves on the front of the outer edge in the centre, with further nicks to help define the knops. The top and bottom sides are slightly bowed in plan. The pin bar is very slightly narrowed and recessed. At the centre of its back is a prominent notch around which the pin would have looped. The frame is 16.2mm long, 13.8mm wide and 3.8mm (max.) thick, and 2.13g in weight. Gri…
Created on: Tuesday 7th May 2013
Last updated: Saturday 22nd October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chedzoy', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-156838
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy single-looped medieval oval buckle frame (c. 14th century), which has now lost its pin. This buckle is trapezoidal in cross section, wider on its upper surface compared to the reverse. It has an enlarged outside edge, at the centre of which is a central pin rest, decorated to each side. The abstract decoration is composed of linear incised lines, probably letter Vs, one to either side of the pin rest, with a recurving floral motif beyond, at each side. The field around is filled with small annulet punch marks. There is further trio of annulet punch marks arranged in a t…
Created on: Wednesday 17th June 2015
Last updated: Thursday 18th June 2015
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Record ID: PAS-152DEA
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a copper-alloy single looped oval buckle frame (c. 14th century). This buckle is flat at the front and convex on the reverse. It has an enlarged outside edge, the centre of which being what survives as this fragment. At the centre of the outside edge it has a central pin rest, decorated either side. The abstract decoration is composed of linear incised lines, an abstraction of the confronted birds motif seen on similar buckles, and annulet punch marks in the field around. There is also a row of three punched annulets along the base of the each bird. The buckle has been…
Created on: Wednesday 17th June 2015
Last updated: Thursday 16th August 2018
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Record ID: PAS-8B5946
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy single-looped sub-rectangular buckle of post-medieval date. The strap bar is narrowed and recessed on all sides; the frame protrudes slightly beyond the strap bar at either end. These protrusions are also expanded and are developed, thickening to rounded ends. The bar is circular in cross-section. From the pin bar (W.: 23.0mm) the buckle narrows to a slight waist (W.: 21.8mm) before expanding slightly towards the outer edge. The curved outer edge is externally bevelled and travels down to a rebate groove, beyond which is a large ovoid knop, itself also rebated external…
Created on: Thursday 22nd October 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd February 2016
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Record ID: PAS-8B6C69
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval copper-alloy oval buckle frame with ornate outer edge. The pin bar is narrowed and offset; the pin is missing. The outer edge is widened into a rectangular bar with knops at either end that face outwards. There narrow raised collars around a central pin groove, and further ridges and grooves on the internal edge of the outward facing knops. This decoration is the same on both front and reverse of the outer edge. The sides are rectangular in cross- section. The frame is 16.5mm long, 18.9mm wide and 3.3mm thick; it weighs 1.25g in total. This is a Meols type 8 frame, simil…
Created on: Thursday 22nd October 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2016
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