Record ID: LEIC-66754A
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete early medieval copper alloy Anglo Saxon shield on tongue pin for a single loop D or oval shaped buckle dating to c.AD 450-625. On the outer face, the shield of the pin is smooth, polished and undecorated. It is a waisted oval shape with a rounded semi-circular end then two rounded semi-circular cut-outs opposite each other which flare out below to form two rectangular lobes with a nick in each short projecting edge. The shaft of the pin is curved, tapering gently towards a smooth end and would have originally rested on the external buckle edge. On the reverse of the shie…
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-5435BB
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible buckle fragment, as kindly suggested by the finder. A small cast loop with a markedly projecting lip in the zoomorphic form of a pointed beast head with prominent sub-triangular eyes or ears upstanding on top and with a grooved or hollowed underside; the putative strap bar is absent. The reddish tint of the metal is a feature often associated with Anglo-Scandinavian metalwork. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 900-1000 Length: 20.3mm, Height: 14.7mm, Thickness (at snout): 2.3mm, Weight: 1.25gms
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Calcethorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

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: NLM-AD84AD
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle. A massy cast D-shaped buckle with an expanded and thickened textured outer edge with a broad grooved collar towards either end and a narrowed strap bar whose ends are grasped by biting beast heads; the centre of the strap bar is notched to receive a pin [lost]. This is a somewhat massier version of a buckle form usually ascribed to the 11th century. A wider date range is offered with deference to its atypical features. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 900-1100 Length: 19.8mm, Height: 27mm, Thickness (at outer edge): 6mm, Weight: 9.56gms
Created on: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scotter', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-830B58
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy buckle of early medieval date (c. AD 850-1000). Description: The buckle has a single-looped frame, oval in plan and in cross section with a projecting triangular zoomorphic pin rest. The frame has a short narrowed strap bar for the now missing pin. The pin rest takes the form of an animal's head with long, moulded ears with engraved detail and moulded snout with nostrils, a moulded mouth and engraved lines on the top of the head. Around the outer edge of the buckle is a row of moulded rectangular shapes, …
Created on: Monday 18th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 19th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: SF-02E276
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) copper-alloy buckle with integral plate. It is broadly triangular in form with hollow/concave back face.The attachment end is semi-circular with a central circular rivet hole and each side of the plate has identical moulded decoration, the frame is now incomplete and there is a pin hole for the missing pin in the centre of the plate. The front face of the object has the remains of an added white metal coating and is missing its rivets due to old breaks. The concave back face is undecorated but has two integrally cast attachment lugs.…
Created on: Tuesday 12th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 13th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tostock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-F5DD7A
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy late early medieval buckle dating from the 9th-11th centuries. The object is broadly rectangular with a central raised triangular projection surrounded by a globular platform, the sides slope down to form symmetrical integral zoomorphic plates with two parallel rivet hole, one of which has been torn. The animals have a projecting long snout and a rounded head with the rivet hole for an eye. Behind the head is semi-circular projection. Part of the zoomorphic heads and the semi-circular lobe have four curved grooves. Between the animals and unde…
Created on: Monday 11th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-83F90E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle. Cast single looped-shaped buckle with an expanded and thickened outer edge and with a biting beast head at either end of a narrowed strap bar; a groove serves as a pin rest. A narrow rectangular slotted plate of thickness 0.5mm with a rounded end flanked by spurs on the display side is looped round the strap bar and was secured by three rivets, one passing through the rounded terminal of the plate. A rectangular section pin passes through the slot in the plate and is looped round the frame. Plate now crumpled. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 1000-1100 Length: 32.6…
Created on: Wednesday 6th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 6th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Pocklington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-7122F5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy and iron buckle. Cast D-shaped buckle with an expanded and thickened outer edge, with a mass of ferrous corrosion from the decay of its iron pin. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 1000-1100 Length: 16.9mm, Height: 16.7mm, Thickness (frame): 3.7mm, Weight: 4.08gms
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Pocklington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-703BA0
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy buckle of Early-Medieval date, c.AD 650 - 750. The buckle is D-shaped with a bevelled outer edge, narrowed bar, and half-round pin recess. The upper surface is decorated with a series of ten (10) sub-rectangular cells of red, yellow and white enamel. The bar is flanked by three narrow transverse rectangular cells, the outer two bear yellow enamel, the centre one has white enamel. A hinge loop projects from the outer flat edge of the frame, behind the bar. The remains of a second hinge loop are present at the opposite end of the bar. This is broken and worn.…
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 14th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BUC-9F745E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Early Medieval possible strap end or buckle plate, dating to c. AD 500-800. The object is rectangular, and open work. One end is slightly wider, with two large circular perforations, and a smaller perforation beside it. The plate then narrows, with a tear shaped perforation in the centre. Either side of it is a raised border. The plate terminates with three rounded projections. It is slightly curved in cross section, and has a light green brown patina. It measures 31.8mm in length, 17.4mm in width, 2.3mm in thickness and weighs 5.01g. 
Created on: Saturday 24th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 27th February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-4AA0D7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy buckle and plate of probable late Early-Medieval date, c.AD 800 - 1100. The buckle is D-shaped with a narrowed and recessed bar and chunky outer frame. It is undecorated. A separately made plate is fitted around the bar by two narrowed integral strips with central slot for the pin. The plate is broadly rectangular with waisted sides and a decorative terminal. The upper surface is decorated with an indistinct moulded design. A rivet is present through the terminal. The pin no longer remains. The metal has a mid-brown patina and is worn. The buckle is 55…
Created on: Tuesday 20th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 6th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scarborough Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-DC4829
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A  copper-alloy single looped rectangular buckle frame. The frame only remains, the pin is missing. The buckle frame is rectangular with three, flat, broad sides and the fourth largely taken up with a constriction for the attachment of the missing pin. The frame is flat and rectangular in cross section. The constriction is circular in cross section. The aperture in the centre of the frame is rectangular with rounded ends and a slight expansion to the frame constriction. The front of the frame is decorated along each of the short sides with two grooves flanking a knurled ridge…
Created on: Thursday 15th February 2024
Last updated: Saturday 6th April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-34EB71
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Early Medieval to Post Medieval copper alloy buckle possibly dating from AD 950-1650. The buckle is cast. The buckle is a double looped oval shape with a pointed zoomorphic terminal, probably a birds head. The terminal is crude and in the form of a forward facing animal head. The reverse is flat and undecorated. Dimensions: length: 34.94mm; width: 15.11mm; thickness: 5.22mm; weight: 4.40g Several similar buckles have been recorded on the PAS database, including: SF-165D23, SUSS-B444D7, NARC1752, SUR-FFBAE6 and YORYM-37F0B2. No published parallels have been f…
Created on: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bromley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-3492BC
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Green patinated copper alloy buckle. Narrow Anglo-Saxon buckle with remains of the pin. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 500-600 Length: 10.2mm, Height: 20.6mm, Thickness: 3.1mm, Weight: 1.86gms
Created on: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: IOW-E673B6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval cast copper alloy buckle, c.AD 600-700. This buckle is a single looped D-shape with a narrowed and recessed bar. The frame is D-shaped in section, while the bar is circular, and it is narrower at the bar than the outer edge of the loop. The pin no longer remains.
Created on: Monday 22nd January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-BF27D4
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy buckle with zoomorphic decoration and an integral plate probably dating from the Early Medieval period to the Medieval period, about AD 900 - 1200. The buckle frame is D shaped and has an offset bar. This is connected to an integral plate which has a hole for the copper alloy pin. The plate is broken across a transverse ridge and rivet hole beyond it. The most unusual feature of the buckle is a very long projecting zoomorphic head which juts forwards from the outer edge of the frame. It has clearly moulded ears, transverse ridges formign the brown an…
Created on: Monday 8th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-6CDB79
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early to middle Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy buckle frame, plate and in-situ pin, of Marzinzik Class II.18a. The frame is oval with fairly straight inside and outside edge and a circular cross-section. The plate is a single sheet with four edges, three concave and one straight. It appears to be attached to the front of the frame by a narrowed tab projecting from the straight edge and wrapped around the inside edge of the frame, which is narrowed for the purpose. There is a central slot in this tab for the pin, which is simple strip wrapped once around the inside edge. It reaches slightly b…
Created on: Thursday 4th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 25th January 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-566266
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval cast copper-alloy single loop buckle frame, probably a variant of Marzinzik type 1.10b and probably dating to c.450-700. The bulbous outside edge is sub-circular in cross-section measuring 7.8mm diameter in the centre and tapering down to 4.6mm on the curved shoulders. There is a 3.5mm grooved pin-rest in the centre that extends around the complete circumference. The sides and remains of the bar have been straightened, terminating in breaks on both sides, probably through post depositional damage. The surface displays a corroded grey/green patina. Le…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 4th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Ash', grid reference and parish protected.