Record ID: PUBLIC-D5D052
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A small copper alloy single loop D-shaped buckle frame with a sheet copper-alloy plate and copper-alloy wire pin still attached. The buckle has a pointed outer edge with a grooved pin rest. There also appears to be a decorative groove at either end of the bar, dividing it from the frame, although this may not be deliberate as the buckle is not well made. The frame is 21mm in length,13mm wide by 2mm thick. The plate shows signs of damage, with an apparently fragmentary edge. It was made by folding a strip of copper alloy sheet around the bar and cutting a pin slot. The plate is now …
Created on: Sunday 29th April 2012
Last updated: Friday 8th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'BUCKDEN', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-857C51
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a post medieval cast copper alloy buckle. The buckle would of been oval with a double loop. The fragment comes from an outer loop and has a decorative knop in the form of an openwork trefoil. The buckle frame is D shape in cross-section with a flat back. The colour is red brown underneath a green patrina. Fragment Length 26.9mm, Width 32.2mm, thickness 2.1mm. Weight 2.8g.
Created on: Wednesday 25th April 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 13th June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brampton Abbotts', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-857A81
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a post medieval cast copper alloy buckle. The buckle would of been oval with a double loop. The fragment comes from an outer loop and has a fleur like decorative knop. The buckle frame is D shape in cross-section with a flat back. The colour is red brown underneath a green patrina. Fragment Length 14.6mm, Fragment Width 21.1mm, Thickness 2.9mm. Weight 2.0g
Created on: Wednesday 25th April 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 13th June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brampton Abbotts', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-7091A1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval cast copper alloy single loop D-shaped buckle frame with attached plate, c. 1200-c. 1500 AD. The remains consist of a complete buckle frame and nearly complete buckle plate; the pin and plate rivets are missing. The buckle frame is oval in cross section with a widened and slightly thickened outer edge and a narrowed and offset strap bar with small knops to either end. A shallow groove exists in the frame front edge on which the pin would rest. The frame measures 20.53mm long, 40.79 mm wide and is a maximum of 4.19 mm thick. The plate is fashioned from a copper…
Created on: Tuesday 24th April 2012
Last updated: Friday 27th April 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-456065
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval or Post Medieval incomplete cast copper alloy double loop oval buckle, c. 1350-1650 AD. The remains consist of a buckle frame measuring 21.29mm long, 17.70mm wide, 2.05 mm thick and weighing 1.47 grams. Neither surface has further decoration and the reverse surface is flat. Iron corrosion on the central pin bar suggests that the missing pin was fashioned from iron. Cf. Whitehead 2003, p53.
Created on: Sunday 22nd April 2012
Last updated: Friday 27th April 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-442B13
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy single looped 'D' shaped buckle frame with a protruding lip and a notched pin rest with an offset pin bar. The frame is 13.91 mm Long, 20.88 mm Wide The pin is missing. Iron corrosion on the pin bar and buckle frame lip is indicative of an iron pin. A simple folded and slotted sheet metal buckle plate is attached. There is a copper alloy rivet in situ, centrally placed in the open end of the plate. The plate is curved gently from the centre outwards to the edge. Overall length including the buckle plate is 25.15 mm. Condition is good with a dark green patina and iron…
Created on: Sunday 22nd April 2012
Last updated: Friday 17th February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-41F803
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval incomplete cast copper alloy single loop buckle, dated to mainly c. 1250-1500 AD. The buckle frame is D-shaped with a narrowed and offset strap bar; the pin is missing. The outer and inner edges of the frame have been bevelled, however the reverse surface is flat. The buckle frame measures 14.50 mm long, 21.50 mm wide, 3.36 mm thick and weighs 1.95 grams. It is of an even grey-green patina, perhaps due to a higher tin content within the copper alloy. Cf. Whitehead 2003, p19.
Created on: Sunday 22nd April 2012
Last updated: Friday 27th April 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-4199F1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval incomplete cast copper alloy single loop buckle, dated to mainly c. 1250-1500 AD. The buckle frame is D-shaped with a narrowed and offset strap bar; the pin is missing. There is a groove near the centre of the strap bar, where the pin would have rotated. The outer and inner edges of the frame have been bevelled, however the reverse surface is flat. The buckle frame measures 15.23 mm long, 22.70 mm wide, 3.43 mm thick and weighs 2.4 grams. It is of an even grey-green patina, perhaps due to a higher tin content within the copper alloy. Cf. Whitehead 2003, p19.
Created on: Sunday 22nd April 2012
Last updated: Friday 27th April 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-179651
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval or Post Medeival cast copper alloy buckle. This is an oval double loop buckle, whose pin is missing. The frame is plain and D-shaped in cross-section, with a flat back. The buckle is red-brown with extensive areas of green corrosion. The buckle is 15.5mm long, 12.6mm wide, 1.8mm thick and weighs 1.1g
Created on: Friday 20th April 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 13th June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brampton Abbotts', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-D2C3F3
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-Medieval, cast, copper-alloy double-loop, asymmetrical buckle. The buckle consists of two loops, one D-shaped and one trapezoidal. Both loops are triangular in section. The D-shaped loop has a lobed knop at either end of the strap bar. Iron oxide staining on the strap bar suggests an iron pin, now missing. A similar buckle can be seen in Whitehead, page 91, no.564.
Created on: Tuesday 17th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 23rd April 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marshchapel', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-C9BE36
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cast copper alloy single-loop buckle of Meols Type A. The frame is sub-rectangular with a narrowed circular sectioned strap bar. The outer edge is slightly longer and wider with square outer and inner sides. There are four transverse grooves across the front of the outer edge. A further wider groove is centrally placed to rest the pin which is lost to antiquity This buckle measures 13.76 mm in length, 14.10 mm in width, 1.95 mm in thickness and weighs 0.97g .
Created on: Tuesday 17th April 2012
Last updated: Friday 24th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-4932B1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy buckle or clasp fastener of medieval date, c.1300-1450 (Whitehead 1991, 27/41). Description: The buckle/fastener remains as a square bucklesque frame with narrowed and offset 'strap' bars.. The closure plate is missing and is therefore uncertain if it folding clasp or strap with seperate spindle. The buckle is mottled dark grey green and the plate a lighter green. Measurements:Total 19.91mm long, 13.15mm wide, 6.52mm thick and 2.77g in weight. Discussion: Although likely a buckle a number of clasp types of similar period, illustrated by Whitehead (1…
Created on: Tuesday 10th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 9th January 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-150262
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy double loop buckle. The loops are oval with slightly widened outer edges. The buckle has bevelled sides to the outer frame and strap bar; the frame widens from the front to the back. The pin is still in place with an attached copper alloy plate and made of copper alloy. The frame measures 28.13mm in length and 29.15mm in width and is 5.23mm thick. It weighs 4.9grams. Whitehead (2003) illustrates a similar buckle (page 53, No.299) which he dates to c.1350-1650 AD
Created on: Sunday 8th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 28th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stone cum ebony', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-14C494
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy double loop buckle. The loops are oval with slightly widened outer edges. The buckle has bevelled sides to the outer frame the strap bar has knops at both ends whith an attached copper alloy plate; the frame widens from the front to the back. The pin is missing but was proberbly made of copper alloy. The frame measures 29.28mm in length and 20.91mm in width and is 5.18mm thick. It weighs 4.6grams. Whitehead (2003) illustrates a similar buckle (page 53, No.294) which he dates to c.1350-1650 AD
Created on: Sunday 8th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 28th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stone cum ebony', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-F6D336
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy buckle frame of post Medieval date.The pin is missing and likely lost to antiquity. The obverse consists of ten concave roundels around a sub-annular frame with a central pin bar. The roundels exhibit the remains of an adhesive which the recorder suggests tentively contained paste stones now lost to antiquity. The reverse is largely plain. The buckle closely resembles an example in Ross Whitehead's Buckles 1250-1800 (2003) No 282. The frame is complete and measures 28.26mm Long, 32.90 mm Wide & 3.28mm Thick. The surface is abraded with an incomplete brown-green patina.
Created on: Saturday 7th April 2012
Last updated: Friday 17th February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-DC8D85
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval cast copper alloy single loop buckle, c. 1250-1400 AD. The buckle frame is roughly D-shaped in plan, with one transverse projecting ridge flanking either side of a sub-triangular pin rest. The strap bar is offset and narrowed, with a small curved knop at either end; the simple copper alloy pin is intact. The reverse face is flat. According to Whitehead; Buckles 1250-1850 this type of buckle dates to 1250-1400. It measures is 20mm long, 13.81mm wide, 2.9mm thick and it weighs 1.8 grams.
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 18th June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-CCC094
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Medieval cast copper alloy double loop annular buckle frame with a castellated pattern. The central bar is intact, the pin is now missing. Only half of the frame remains. Buckles of this type have been dated from c.1400 -1500 AD. See no 269, p 46 in Buckles 1250 -1800 by Ross Whitehead for a similar example. The dimensions are 26.92mm Long, 50.46mm Wide and 2.78 mm Thick. The condition is good with a dark green patina. See DEV-928128 for a similar example.
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2012
Last updated: Friday 17th February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-BF68D5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One half of a folded, sheet copper-alloy, Medieval buckle plate. The plate is rectangular in plan. It is narrowed at one end to fit the strap bar of the buckle and has a central notch cut out to accomodate the pin. The upper surface of the plate is gilded and has a linear zig-zag design running around the outer edge. The plate has broken across the two folded arms that would have enclosed the strap bar and the opposite side of the plate is missing. There are three, drilled holes for rivets in the plate, one in the centre and two at the attachment end of the plate. The copper-alloy riv…
Created on: Wednesday 4th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 23rd April 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Skidbrooke', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-9A8B75
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval cast copper-alloy D-shaped buckle frame, dating from 1250-1400 AD. The frame is of an elongated D shape and has a large, circular knop on the outside edge. This knop is separated from the frame by a raised collar. There is a small external ridge just before the bar on each side. The bar itself is slightly narrowed and offset; the pin is missing. The loop has a patchy, dark grey patina. The object appears to have been squashed slightly. It is 21.81mm long, 17.24mm wide and 3.89mm thick. It weighs 2.2g See Whitehead (1996; no. 85) for a similar example dated to c. 1250…
Created on: Monday 2nd April 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 21st March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-48F045
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval or Post Medieval cast copper-alloy double-loop buckle frame, c. 1350-1650 AD. Its remains consist of an oval double loop frame with bevelled inner edges; the pin is missing. The strap bar is narrowed slightly. The frame is slightly bent in profile and measures 31.24mm long, 25.29mm wide and 2.25mm thick. It weighs 4.5 grams. Cf. Whitehead, 1996, No. 294, dated to c. 1350-1650 AD.
Created on: Thursday 29th March 2012
Last updated: Monday 13th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.