Record ID: SOM-29C460
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy pin of Medieval date (c. 1250 - c. 1400), with an oval loop at one end, which has become detached from an annular buckle or possibly brooch. The pin is D-shaped in cross-section with flat bottom and rounded top. It narrows slightly throughout its length from the loop towards the tip. The tip is undercut slightly. On the top of the shaft, near the junction with the loop there is a raised transverse line. The loop is probably incomplete asit is only 2/3rds of a circle. The pin is 36.2mm long including the loop, 10.5mm wide and 4.5mm thick; it weighs 2.96 grams. The…
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 9th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Middlezoy', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-114C52
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of the front of a Post Medieval buckle plate. The plate has two long rectangular tabs that looped over the strap bar with a rectangular pin slot between them. They have broken across the bent end with a patinated break. At the end of the tabs the plate expands out into an oval then narrows abruptly before expanding out slightly to the terminal. Most of the terminal is also missing to an old break. There is a circular rivet hole in the centre of the oval and part of a second where the plate has broken before the terminal. The front has moulded foliate decoration in the style known…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 9th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Westonzoyland', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-8017B1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One face of a Medieval copper alloy sheet buckle plate. The plate is rectangular with two rectangular tabs at one end to go over the frame with a slot between the for the pin and rectangular recesses to each side to fit the frame. It has broken across the bend of the tabs. The other end has a break in the centre which appears to be around a large circular rivet hole pushed through from the front, possibly a later repair. There are small circular rivet holes near three of the four corners. The front is plain. It is 24.1mm long, 15.7mm wide and 0.6mm thick; it weighs 0.97 grams. The g…
Created on: Wednesday 25th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 30th April 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alvediston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7FED78
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle plate with incised decoration and gilding. Part of the front of the plate survives; it is rectangular with two rectangular tabs at one end to go over the frame with a slot between the for the pin. It has broken across the bend of the tabs. The other end has broken at an angle across a central rivet hole. Both breaks are patinated. On the front are incised lines following int he edge and in the centre a triangle with the wider end around the rivet hole and filled with a zigzag line. It is 15.9mm long, 12.7mm wide and 1.3mm thick; it weighs 1.28 grams. Inc…
Created on: Wednesday 25th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 30th April 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alvediston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7FA688
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cast copper-alloy single loop trapezoid buckle frame with sheet roller of Meols type D. The strap bar is recessed. The rectangular sectioned sides have expanded rounded terminals at the outer end. The longer, wider, recessed outer edge has a separate copper alloy sheet roller wrapped around it. The frame is 13.9mm long by 14.2mm wide and 2.9mm thick. It weighs 0.89 grams in total. Egan (2008:97) categorises this type as Type D dating from the late 13th to the late 14th centuries.
Created on: Wednesday 25th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 30th April 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alvediston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7F82D5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy single loop buckle (of Cassels type 1.5C) or suspension loop. The object is sub-oval with a straight strap bar to one side and large projecting rounded knop in the centre of the slightly widened and thickened outer edge. The sides are rectangular in section. The strap bar is recessed with an indent in the centre, possibly for the pin. It is 21.3mm long, 14.4mm wide and 2.9mm thick; it weighs 1.54 grams. Egan and Pritchard (1991) identify a similar object as a buckle based on the attached plate (page 94, no. 421) but a similarly shaped object (although slightl…
Created on: Wednesday 25th April 2012
Last updated: Friday 2nd March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alvediston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-6B1404
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval cast copper alloy double loop buckle missing its pin. The loops are oval with the outer sides expanded into points in the centre. One point is less prominent than the other or more worn and has a transverse incised line for the pin. The strap bar is slightly recessed. It is 31.2mm long, 22.6mm wide and 2.5mm thick; it weighs 3.55 grams. Witehead (2003:55) illustrates a similar example, no.321, which he dates to c.1500-1650 AD.
Created on: Tuesday 24th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 30th April 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alverdiston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-57E533
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cast copper alloy buckle frame with ornate outer edge. The strap bar is narrowed and offset with a thinner central section where the pin was looped around. The outer edge is widened and divided by transverse incised lines into four knops with two larger rounded knops projecting out at 45 degrees at either end. The outer edge is D-shaped in section, the upper and lower sides trianglar, all with flat backs. The pin is missing. The frame is 21.5mm long, 22.4mm wide and 3.9mm thick; it weighs 2.94 grams in total. This is a Meols type 10, very similar to Egan (2008:90-91), no.54…
Created on: Monday 23rd April 2012
Last updated: Monday 30th April 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alverdiston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-537855
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cast copper-alloy single loop trapezoid buckle frame with sheet roller of Meols type D with pin. The strap bar is recessed with a central indent for the pin. The rectangular sectioned sides have expanded oval terminals at the outer end. The longer, wider, outer edge has a separate copper alloy sheet roller running almost the full length. The roller is corroded with two holes in it. The copper alloy wire pin is in place but held open by corrosion. It is wrapped 270 degrees around the strap end and the tip is rounded. The frame is 15.4mm long by 16.7mm wide and 4.7mm thick. …
Created on: Monday 23rd April 2012
Last updated: Monday 23rd April 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alvediston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-0F8134
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Post Medieval buckle with cast copper alloy double loop buckle frame and cast strap plate both decorated with all over moulding. The frame has one surviving oval loop with slightly widened outer edges, the other loop is almost completely missing with only short stubs projecting form the strap bar and ending in old breaks. The front and back are bevelled and the front is decorated with a raised rim around the inner side of the loops and a raised foliate pattern (the pattern is described by Whitehead (see below) as vine scroll). The strap bar is narrowed and recessed with lob…
Created on: Friday 20th April 2012
Last updated: Friday 20th April 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nynehead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-EDBF68
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of one loop of a Post medieval cast copper alloy double loop buckle. The remaining loop is oval with a scallop shell shaped expansion in the centre of the outer edge. The expansion has a curved outer side from which six raised lines angle in to meet at a rounded point on the inner side of the outer edge. The rest of the loop is traingular in section with a flat back and inner side. It is 19.2mm long, 25.6mm wide and 2.4mm thick; it weighs 3.14 grams. Whitehead (2003:65) illustrates a similar but complete example, no.403, which he dates to c.1550-1650 AD. SOMDOR-4CA602 on this d…
Created on: Wednesday 18th April 2012
Last updated: Thursday 19th April 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Petherton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-C4CFB5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy sub-rectangular buckle with separate strap bar and surviving chape. The frame is sub-rectangular with rounded corners. The rounded outer ends are slightly widened with a transverse pin rest across the centre. The middle of the top and bottom sides is thickened and the thickened area is drilled to hold the separate iron strap bar. Large areas of iron corrosion show the strap bar and also probably the pin were of iron. The copper alloy chape which was threaded onto the strap bar and attached the buckle to the strap is triangular with the long projecting point…
Created on: Monday 16th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 17th April 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wembdon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-701045
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy double loop rectangular buckle frame with robust copper alloy strap plate, the pin is missing. The frame is plain with a circular sectioned outer edge and strap bar and flatter top and bottom sides. Most (95%) of one loop is missing to patinated breaks. The plate is formed of a thick piece of copper alloy bent in half over the strap bar. The front and back are shaped the same althoguh slightly misaligned. They have broken trilobed terminals at the strap atatchment end. Below the terminals they are narrowed and then expand out gradually to a wide shoulder. Ab…
Created on: Thursday 12th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 16th April 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wembdon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-6F7644
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or Post Medieval cast copper-alloy double-loop buckle frame. The frame has two oval loops. They are D-shaped in section with flat backs and a rounded front. The pin is missing but iron corrosion around the strap bar and covering half of one loop may suggest it was iron. It is 26.1mm long, 21.8mm wide and 1.8mm thick, 5.7mm including the iron; it weighs 3.13 grams. A similar example is illustrated in Margeson (1993:30, no.164) from a 17th century context although it is likely similar simple forms were in use by c.1350 (Egan and Pritchard 1993:22, 82-3, cf no.332).
Created on: Thursday 12th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 16th April 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wembdon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-6C6FC7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval to Post Medieval cast copper alloy double loop annular buckle frame in the shape of a five petalled rose. The outer ring is shaped into five petals with a plain inner edge and shaped outer edge. The petals are worn, obscuring any decoration. The back and front are flat and the outer edge slightly angled. The strap bar runs across the centre and is narrowed. The pin is missing. It measures 2.3 mm in thickness, 28.1mm in diameter and weighs 4.77 g. Whitehead (2003) illustrates a similar buckle, no. 273, which he dates from 1450 to 1550 AD. Margeson (1993) illustrates another…
Created on: Thursday 12th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 27th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wembdon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-98DC03
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast copper-alloy double-loop buckle frame. The frame has two oval loops which have angled backs and angled and slightly widened outer edges, one with a transverse groove for a pin rest in the centre. The strap bar is narrowed and recessed with corroded lobed knops at either end. It is 21.7mm long, 17.6mm wide, 3.1mm thick and weighs 2.37 grams. Whitehead (2003) illustrates a similar buckle (page 54, No.310), which lacks the groove on the loop, which he dates to c.1500-1650 AD.
Created on: Monday 2nd April 2012
Last updated: Monday 2nd April 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alvediston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-98C897
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast copper-alloy double-looped buckle. The frame is formed of two oval loops with a central recessed and narrowed strap bar. One loop has broken and is now lost, leaving only short projections from the strap bar. The pin is also missing. The frame is 'D' shaped in section with a flat back and rounded front. There are circular knops at the outer corners of the frame on the loop and at the top and bottom of the strap bar. It measures 24.4mm long, 23.9 mm wide and 2.4mm thick. It weighs 3.02g. A similar buckle is illustrated in Whitehead (2003; 63) number 382 dated to 15…
Created on: Monday 2nd April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alvediston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-9CB607
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval cast copper-alloy double-looped oval buckle frame missing its pin and plate. The frame is a continuous oval with a wide edge with is angled on the front and back. The strap bar is narrowed and recessed. The pin is missing but there are traces of iron around the strap bar which may be the remains of the pin. It is 29.5 mm long, 21.8mm wide and 2.4 mm thick; it weighs 2.94g. Similar buckle frames are illustrated by Whitehead (1996, page 49, No.283, dated to c.1650-1720) and Read (1988, page 142, No.916, dated to c.1650-1700). They may have been shoe or knee buckles. SOM…
Created on: Wednesday 21st March 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 21st March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stoke St Michael', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-72D481
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cast copper alloy single loop buckle frame. The frame is oval with an offset and narrowed strap bar and an oval expansion in the centre of the outer edge. The oval expansion is decorated on the front with incised diagonal lines in a chevron design. Where it projects beyond the width of the rest of the outer edge it is thinner than the rest of the edge. The plate and pin are missing. It is 11.9mm long, 15.8mm wide and 3.8mm thick; it weighs 1.28 grams. Egan (1998:91) illustrates a similar example, no.518, with a longer and more rectangular expansion on the outer edge. He sug…
Created on: Monday 19th March 2012
Last updated: Monday 19th March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Seavington St Mary', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-71BC46
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cast copper alloy buckle frame and plate. The frame is oval with an offset and narrowed strap bar and offset outer edge recessed in the centre to take a sheet roller, now missing. The outer edge has large knops flanking the recessed centre. The plate is formed of a rectangular piece of copper alloy sheet bent in half over the strap bar and rivetted together. Only half of the front survives. At the buckle end it is recessed at the sides to fit the frame and has two tabs looping over the strap bar with a slot between for the pin. It is broken with an irregular break about half …
Created on: Monday 19th March 2012
Last updated: Monday 19th March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ston Easton', grid reference and parish protected.