Record ID: SF-198826
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy object, possibly a buckle frame of uncertain date. What appears to be the projecting pin rest and part of the frame survives intact, the remainder of the object now missing due to old breaks. The pin rest is flat, triangular in form and with a large central moulded groove. At its base it appears to curve outwards towards a frame before terminating in old breaks, the precise form of the frame uncertain due to old breaks. The front face of the object beneath the pin rest has moulded decoration comprising a curving band of S-shaped motifs. It measures 15.0…
Created on: Monday 2nd July 2012
Last updated: Monday 9th July 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Ashfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-882891
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy buckle (probably), possibly dating to the Roman period although it could date to the Medieval period. The object consists of a rounded corner of the frame, the bottom of which swells outwards before narrowing to a double banded moulded constriction. The reverse of the object is slightly concaved, and there is no decoration anywhere on the object. The object is broadly similar to some zoomorphic buckles of the late Roman period (Hawkes & dunning 1961), but no direct comparison could be made, hence the uncertainty of date.
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 9th July 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bicester area', grid reference and parish protected.