Record ID: ESS-45B003
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy medieval buckle. The buckle frame is circular in plan and flat in section with a central pin bar. The iron pin remains, but is surrounded and embedded in orangey brown corrosion product to front and rear. Extending from one side of the frame are two rectangular protrusions or prongs. The frame is plain but the two prongs are decorated with three incised vertical lines along, with three transverse lines or strokes at the end. The reverse is plain. The buckle is abraded, but retains most of the original mid green patina. Exposed surfaces are lighter green. The buckle is…
Created on: Monday 5th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-0C6481
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete cast copper alloy single loop kidney shaped buckle. The loop is kidney shaped in plan and subcircular in section. The pin bar is not narrowed or offset. The buckle is plain with none of the original surface surviving. Exposed surfaces are light green. The crude, flat pin with broad triangular point survives intact and is simply curled around the pin bar. It is in a similar condition to the rest of the buckle. The buckle is 24.92mm long, 11.36mm wide and weighs 1.78g. The pin is 12.48mm long. A similar pin is recorded under LIN666FD6 and is dated from 1450-1550. A more robust e…
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Messing cum Inworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-659D88
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy medieval/post-medieval buckle. The frame is square and flat in section, with a slight downward bend at either end in profile. The bar is square in section and the pin is missing. The front is decorated along each of its four sides with three diagonal lines, each line formed from paired, close set parallel incised lines. The back is plain, but filing marks are visible. The original surface of the buckle survives, with a dark green, almost black patina. It is slightly abraded in one area. The buckle is 43.12mm long, 41.84mm wide, 2.6mm thick and weighs 13.02g. Identical…
Created on: Wednesday 19th October 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Copford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-3FE504
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast, copper alloy, post medieval double looped buckle. The buckle frame takes the form of two ovals and is semicircular in section, having a flat reverse. The loop is plain. There is no pin recess or rest. The copper alloy pin survives and is simply curled around the pin bar. It tapers to a point and is now bent. The original surface of the buckle is abraded and survives with a dark green patina in small patches. Exposed surfaces are mid and bright green. The buckle is 34.16mm long, 24.7mm wide and weighs 5.23g. It is now bent upward at either end. A similar example can be found in Ma…
Created on: Friday 23rd September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-B06E05
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy medieval buckle plate. This fragment represents the incomplete front plate of a folded buckle plate. Only the middle and rear portion survive, so there is no trace of the recessing for the pin bar or the pin slot. The rear plate is entirely missing. The front plate was once rectangular in plan. It was cast with the raised moulding of a beast, probably a lion, advancing left and looking back over its shoulder. The head and front legs of the animal are now missing. The plate is openwork so that subcircular perforations divide the legs. The plate is damaged so…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd August 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Manuden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-B04383
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete copper alloy medieval buckle plate. This object is formed from a rectangular sheet of copper alloy folded in two. The plate is recessed for the pin bar and has a rectangular slot for the pin. The front plate has two surviving rivet holes complete with copper alloy rivets. These join with the back plate, which is narrower and shorter than the front. Both the rear and front of the plate is plain. The original surface survives with a mid green patina. Small patches of exposed surfaces are lighter green. The front plate has a length of 16.06mm, is 13.98mm wide and 0.82mm thick. Th…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd August 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Manuden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-B00CF4
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy medieval buckle. The buckle is rectangular in plan. To the front edge it is thickened and has a single grooved notch for the pin. The remaining sides of the frame are of equal thickness and the pin bar is only slightly recessed. The reverse of the buckle is plain. The pin is entirely missing, as is the plate that would have completed the buckle. The object has a dark green patina but is worn and pitted, with exposed areas showing as light green. It is 14.06mm long, 11.86mm wide, 3.16mm thick and weighs 1.25g. Egan and Pritchard, 1991, Dress accessories, Lon…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd August 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Manuden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-0E34C3
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Almost complete medieval copper alloy buckle with plate. This buckle has an oval frame with a D shaped section. i.e it has a flat inner face and domed outer face. It has a narrowed and offset pin bar. The pin is missing. The front of the frame is also narrowed and offset to hold a sheet roller, now missing. At either end of this offset the frame protrudes at the sides. The plate for the buckle is formed from a sheet of copper alloy that is folded around the off set pin bar. It is recessed to fit the frame with a slot for the pin. A dark brown copper alloy fragment in the slot may be t…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd August 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stratton Audley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-0DE365
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy buckle pin from a medieval buckle or ring brooch. This pin is circular in section and is formed from one piece of metal that is curved over to form the hook that would have passed around the buckle loop or pin bar. It has a double transverse ridge towards the hook of the pin and tapers to a blunt point. It is plain and has an abraded dark green patina. Exposed surfaces are lighter green. It is 33.16mm long, 4.88mm thick at the ridge and weighs 3.87g. An example can be found in Egan and Pritchard, 1991,Dress Accessories page 51.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd August 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Heydon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-E52552
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete cast copper-alloy late Roman buckle, with integral triangular plate. The frame is kidney- or heart-shaped in plan, in that it is D-shaped but with a concave front edge. It is domed in cross-section. The frame is joined to the plate by a bar, which is flat in cross-section and which extends slightly to either side of the frame and plate. Behind the bar the plate begins with a circular pin hole and, in either corner, a smaller countersunk rivet hole. The plate is openwork and incomplete; what survives is an arm extending from either corner and converging, but then broken o…
Created on: Friday 8th July 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sible Hedingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-E4AE13
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Complete cast copper alloy Late Roman buckle, Hawkes and Dunning type 1b. The frame of the buckle is D shaped in plan and flat in section. The frame is decorated to either side arm with a series of crudely punched curved lines. The pin bar is rectangular in section and plain. At the front edge of the frame is a square pin notch. At either corner of the front of the frame is a triangular knop. These are worn and truncated but would have represented outward facing horse's heads. A border of punched dots runs along the bottom of each knop/head, above which is a further border of punched …
Created on: Friday 8th July 2005
Last updated: Saturday 24th June 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sible Hedingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-93D953
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy medieval buckle plate. This object is formed from two plates, rectangular in plan and flat in section. Both plates are damaged. The front plate has three surviving rivet holes, two at one end and one to the centre. One of the end rivet holes and the central hole still hold their copper alloy rivets. These join with the back plate, which is almost equal in length, but narrower. The empty rivet hole corresponds with an empty hole on the back plate. The object is very abraded and none of the original surface survives. Tiny traces of gilt can be seen on the front p…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-81F562
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete copper alloy medieval annular buckle. The buckle is formed from a circular loop frame, circular in section, that is of mostly even thickness with no pin constriction. It is ever so slightly buckled. One portion of the frame appears slightly wasted, but this is probably due to wear and rubbing from the pin loop. The pin is simply curled around the loop. It is circular in section with a lower edge diagonal faced tip and a ridged grip between the curled loop and the shaft. The object has an even dark green patina. The buckle has a diameter of 39.48mm. The loop frame is 4.06mm wid…
Created on: Tuesday 21st June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'White Roothing', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-15B7D1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy medieval buckle plate. This object would originally have been formed from a folded plate of metal, which had a recessed slot for the pin. The surviving half of the plate is rectangular in plan and flat in section. It is decorated with a raised moulding of an unrecognisable design. There is a hole at each terminal corner, one of which retains the remains of a copper alloy rivet. At the opposite end, where the plate would have folded around the buckle frame, a subrectangular notch is placed at the centre of the edge, which is evidence for the recessed pin slot. Th…
Created on: Thursday 16th June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hatfield Broad Oak', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-05DAD0
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete copper alloy medieval buckle and frame. The buckle frame is D shaped in plan. The front edge of the frame is swollen and semicircular in profile, having a flattened inner side. There is no pin rest. The pin bar is recessed. Attached around the pin bar is the intact folded buckle plate. The buckle plate has a rectangular slot, which allows for the buckle pin to be hooked around the pin bar. The pin is complete and flat in section. The front face of the buckle plate is decorated with a pair of transverse incised lines that are positioned just behind the rectangular slot. Pairs o…
Created on: Friday 3rd June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Tey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-0549D1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy double oval framed buckle. The frame is figure of eight in plan and bevelled in profile. The pin bar is circular in section. The original surface survives with a dark green patina. Exposed areas are light green. The frame is plain to both sides. The pin is entirely missing. The buckle is 24.54mm long, 21.18mm wide, 2.42mm thick and weighs 2.83g. Egan and Pritchard, 1991, Dress Accessories London: HMSO, figure 50, illustrate similar examples. Following these examples, this buckle dates to the 14th or 15th centuries.
Created on: Friday 3rd June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Framlingham Green', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-F0D0B5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy buckle with integral plate, dating to the 13th century. The buckle frame is subrectangular in plan with slightly expanded top corners and is slightly domed in section, having a flat reverse. At the front of the frame is an integral moulding of two, parallel transverse raised lines which form the pin rest. The frame is split along one side. At the point where the buckle meets with the integral plate, is a raised moulded band that runs in parallel to the frame. This band is pierced with a circular hole, which would have held the pin. The pin is entirely miss…
Created on: Thursday 2nd June 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 24th November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Saxtead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-EE3F54
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy medieval buckle plate. This object is formed from two plates, rectangular in plan and flat in section. The front plate is damaged at one short end, but it is possible to see four surviving rivet holes and a damaged fifth hole at the broken end. There is a hole at each corner and one set in the centre. A copper alloy rivet survives in the central hole and in the bottom right hand corner (when viewed with the damaged end to the left). These join with the back plate, in effect creating a sandwich space between the plates. The back plate is much more damaged than th…
Created on: Thursday 2nd June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Saxtead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-58F387
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete copper alloy medieval annular buckle. The buckle is formed from a circular loop frame, circular in section, that is of even thickness with no pin constriction. The pin is simply curled around the loop. It is circular in section with a diagonal faced tip and a transverse ridge between the curled loop and the shaft. The object is abraded but the original surface survives with an even dark green patina. Exposed surfaces are lighter green. The buckle has a diameter of 43.68mm. The loop frame is 4.32mm wide and 3.84mm thick. The pin is 47.12mm long. The object weighs 18.21g. See Eg…
Created on: Thursday 26th May 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sible Hedingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-1D97B1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy late medieval or post-medieval buckle. The buckle is double oval in plan. The sides of the frame are bevelled. The central bar is subcircular in section. The buckle is very worn and abraded. The pin is entirely missing. None of the original surface survives and it now has a light green patina with significant patches of bright green corrosion product. The buckle is 26.5mm long, 20.26mm wide, 3.6mm thick and weighs 2.75g. Examples of late medieval double frame buckles can be see in Egan and Pritchard, 1991, Dress Accessories page 88, post-medieval examples i…
Created on: Wednesday 11th May 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barnston', grid reference and parish protected.