Record ID: NMGW-439668
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Post medieval copper alloy buckle, probably of 17th century date The cast buckle is of unusual three-dimensional and asymmetric form (with a length of 32.5mm, a height of 17mm and a weight of 4.9g). The outside of the frame is curved and bevelled (with a thickness of 1.69mm) with a notch to accommodate the missing pin. The sides are near-straight and parallel (with a width of 15.8mm). Towards the rear is the bar with adhering iron corrosion, suggesting that the missing pin was iron. The attachment end of the frame deepens and at the apex is an angled tab, which depicts a bird in fl…
Created on: Monday 14th October 2019
Last updated: Monday 14th October 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-B3F1E2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval copper alloy buckle of 13th to 15th century date The cast buckle frame is missing any associated sheet plate and possibly also a sheet metal roller from the outside of the frame (with a length of 19.8mm, a width of 21.5mm and a weight of 3.1g). The outside of the frame has extended terminals, recessed at the centre (4mm diameter) and is without decoration possibly suggesting a missing roller. The sides of the frame are arched and of oval section (1.4mm wide and 1.7mm thick). The bar is offset and narrowed. The pin is of circular-sectioned thin wire (0.6mm diameter), loosel…
Created on: Monday 7th October 2019
Last updated: Monday 7th October 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-27AC3F
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy buckle of 16th to mid 17th century date The buckle is complete and is of oval, double-looped type, with an integral suspension loop at the base (with an overall length of 53.7mm, a width of 39.1mm and a weight of 13.0g). The oval frame (43.1mm long) is concave across its width (giving a depth of 5.8mm) and the sides are bevelled on the rear (with a thickness of 1.6mm - 2.7mm). The unlooped end of the bar has a ribbed moulding on the frame but otherwise there is no decoration. The integral loop (of 12mm diameter) is perpendicular to the axis of the buckle …
Created on: Monday 6th October 2014
Last updated: Monday 6th October 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tiltup Farm', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-A3B6C7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy buckle probably of 2nd to 3rd century date The buckle frame is complete but the pin is missing (with a length of 32.8mm and a weight of 5.7g). The strap was attached around a rectangular slot (16.4m long and 8.2mm wide, 11.0mm x 3.2mm internal) at the rear of the buckle of rectangular section (2.0mm thick). The buckle has a minimum width (of 11.5mm) before expanding to the curved outside edge (with a maximum width of 26.5mm). The frame is of sub-triangular section (3.0m thick) and has a decorative C-scroll in the interior, flanking either side of the bar. The bar…
Created on: Friday 11th March 2011
Last updated: Friday 18th May 2012
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Record ID: NMGW-1ED1A1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Roman copper alloy buckle, probably of 4th or early 5th century date (Worrell 2010, 416, no. 1, fig. 3). The buckle is complete, comprising a frame, pin or tongue and plate (with an overall length of 97mm and a weight of 72.8g). The buckle frame is zoomorphic with two horse's heads facing each other and meeting at the centre (with a maximum thickness of 5.5mm). The ears of the horse protrude at the sides (producing a maximum width for the frame of 42.9mm). The snouts of the horses expand towards their ends and are separated by moulded grooves, defining a central rounded knop. The…
Created on: Tuesday 30th March 2010
Last updated: Friday 24th February 2012
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Record ID: NMGW-D43403
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval copper alloy buckle, dating from the mid-14th to the mid-15th century The buckle comprises an oval, lipped frame with a folded sheet plate. The buckle is near-complete, missing some of the pate and the end of the pin (with an overall, distorted length of 33.7mm and a weight of 2.7g). The oval frame (with a length of 17.8mm and a width of 19.1mm) is of trapezoidal section on the outside edge (2.9mm thick), becoming sub-rectangular on the sides. The lip has a prominent notch for the pin. The bar is narrowed and offset. The pin is of circular, tapering section (2.1mm maximum dia…
Created on: Tuesday 4th March 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-E206D2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy rectangular framed buckle with central bar, of Post Medieval date, probably 17th century. The buckle is concave along its length; the outside edge of the frame at both ends is sub-triangular. The side of the frame are angled inwards slightly and have a rounded knop at the position of the central bar. The buckle has retained the pin, which is of D-shaped section and has a transverse ridge. The frame was originally tinned, but is otherwise plain.
Created on: Tuesday 27th April 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-DECF55
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cast annular buckle or open frame brooch of Medieval date, and probably dating from the late 13th to the mid 15th century. The frame is slightly oval and is relatively substantial for a brooch, but has both a restriction and notch for the pin on either side of the frame. The frame is of sub-triangular section, with a rounded outside edge and near-perpendicular (to the underside) inside edge. The frame has a discernible casting flaw on the inside edge and does not carry any decoration.
Created on: Tuesday 9th March 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-658F92
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Buckle frame fragment of Anglo-Saxon date, probably dating from the 5th to 8th century. The frame is broken at both ends and has a moulded animal head projection erupting from above the thinning of the frame at the junction with the bar. The buckle was probably D-shaped, and is originally likely to have had a buckle plate. The frame beyond the animal head is plain and of oval section. The animal head is asymmetrical about its width with incised eyes crowned on one side with transverse markings. The snout is dished on both sides and is angled upwards, possibly suggesting an open mouth b…
Created on: Tuesday 27th January 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-E8ACA3
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast Medieval copper alloy buckle, probably of 13th to 14th century date. The buckle frame is oval with an ornate outside edge. The pin is present but has broken at the loop and is of simple form with a rectangular section. The frame is of D-shaped section and the bar is narrowed and offset. The outside edge has two prominent central ridges, forming a restriction for the pin and another ridges near the sides separating the slight side knops.
Created on: Wednesday 21st January 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-715132
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Recorded at the Hidden Treasure Finds Day at National Museums & Galleries of Wales. Medieval copper alloy buckle of unusual form. The buckle has broken and is distorted but is complete, except for the missing pin. The buckle has a single loop frame with a central bar. The outside edge of the frame is decorated with a projecting zoomorphic head and the inside edge has a ridged triangular projection. Together they appear to represent the head and tail of an animal, possibly a bird. The animal head design resembles buckle / brooches, such as Egan’s (1991) No 212, dated to c.1350-1400. E…
Created on: Friday 28th November 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-3ADFE0
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy buckle frame, probably of Late Medieval or Post Medieval date. The frame is of an unusual form and is roughly cast, it has an elaborate outside edge comprising of two oval loops. The frame is rectangular with a plain bar of circular section. The outside edge is wide and has a prominent raised central V-shaped notch for the missing pin. On each side is an irregular loop of sub-triangular section with moulded decoration of transverse lines. These loops are possibly zoomorphic, with the suggestion of a serpent’s head swallowing its tail on each side. The frame is sligh…
Created on: Thursday 13th November 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-25EE72
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Medieval or Post Medieval lead alloy or pewter buckle frame fragment. The fragment is flat and is likely to be from an ornate double oval buckle. The upper face is decorated on each knop with a moulded reversed scroll. The fragment has broken at the centre (bar) and at the top and bottom. Remnants of silvering or tinning survive on the rear of the buckle.
Created on: Wednesday 12th November 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-23D471
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy trapezoidal buckle frame with integral plate of Medieval date, possibly dating from the 15th century. The buckle has corroded but is near complete. The rectangular sectioned pin is present and is slotted into the plate. The plate is bevelled on its top surface and ends in a moulding before the incomplete attachment loop.
Created on: Tuesday 19th August 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-23BC45
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy circular frame buckle with integral central bar of Late Medieval or Early Post Medieval date, dating to the 15th or 16th century. The buckle has a D-shaped section and the outer frame is decorated with transverse moulded grooves. One side of the frame has strap restrictions defined by two crescent shaped recesses. The decorative grooves are closer together on the side with the crescent recesses.
Created on: Tuesday 19th August 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-D7DE05
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Cast oval frame buckle with offset and narrowed bar of Medieval date (c.1200-c.1400). The outer edge of the buckle is expanded and has a sub-triangular cross-section with a flat reverse. The bar is of D-shaped cross-section and the pin is now absent.
Created on: Monday 16th June 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-708CA5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy decorative mount with a zoomorphic design. The raised design is contained within a rectangular border and depicts a bird with rear facing ribbed wings and head facing upwards. The cells between the design originally carried red enamel, small traces of which survive and can be seen with the aid of a microscope. The mount was originally rectangular in shape with at least two of the corners carrying bronze rivets, one of which survives. The sides have corroded and little of the original surface survives.
Created on: Wednesday 11th June 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-499672
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete cast small buckle with an integral plate, which has broken across a rivet hole. The buckle has a hole to house the missing pin. The sides of the frame are chamfered, while the outside edge is flat and expanded. There are two decorative projections either side of the plate. The surface has corroded.
Created on: Monday 9th June 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-F64783
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
This item could have been utilised as either a buckle or a brooch. It is constructed of an annular frame with a decorative projection on the opposite end of the frame to the pin constriction. The frame has a flattened D-shaped cross-section and is generally wider and thicker at the pin constriction and at the projection. The decorative projection is lozenge-shaped and consists of V-shaped moulding before a centrally faceted terminal, and may represent a crude animal head or possibly a flower, elsewhere the frame is plain. The pin is absent.
Created on: Thursday 5th June 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-FF3C75
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Decorative frame with the bar offset and narrowed and slight mouldings at the bar terminals. The frame has a D shaped cross section and expands towards the outside edge of the frame. The pin survives and is a simple piece of flat copper alloy tapering to a point with a single transverse ridge near the loop.
Created on: Wednesday 30th April 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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