Record ID: SUSS-A254C7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or Post Medieval cast copper alloy double loop buckle with the remains of an iron plate attached. The loops are oval, with widened outer edges which are bevelled on the front and back. The strap bar is completely obscured by the iron plate which has traces of a pin slot on the back and seems to have been the strap plate. It is 29.6mm long, 24.1mm wide and 3.5mm thick; it weighs 8.25 grams. Whitehead (2003: 53) illustrates a similar buckle, no.293, which he dates to c,1350-1650 AD.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd September 2010
Last updated: Saturday 25th September 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brightling', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-E63AB1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Medieval cast copper alloy single looped buckle frame. The strap bar and one end of the loop are lost to old breaks. The remaining end has an oval knop by the joint with the strap bar. The loop is widened and thickened towards the centre, oval in section with three, regularly spaced, oval expansions, a fourth is probably lost to the old break. These expansions may have been moulded decoration but details are lost to corrosion. The length is 45.8mm, the width 19.2mm, the width 4.2mm. It weighs 5.76 grams. This type of buckle frame is relatively common on Medieval sites (see,…
Created on: Wednesday 1st September 2010
Last updated: Thursday 9th September 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fletching', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-61FE15
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A trapezidal cast copper-alloy buckle frame of medieval date. The external edge has a U-shaped groove running along the length on the outer side in the thickness of the frame. The groove is decorated with 4 rows of triangles running down the length. The upper surface of the outer edge features a central transverse pin rest. Either side of this, the upper surface is decorated with punched annulets. The strap bar is narrowed with a slight raised rib around the sides of frame opposite each end. The metal is a deep grey-green in colour with little corrosion. The buckle measures 18.1mm long…
Created on: Friday 2nd October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarring Neville', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-48B7A2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy double loop buckle with one large oval loop and one much smaller (shorter and narrower) rectangular loop which forms a seperate outer bar for the strap to be folded over. There is a rectangular recess in the centre of the pin bar (between the loops) to hold the pin, which is missing, and three transverse incised lines at the centre of the front of the large oval loop to act as a pin rest. It is 2.5mm long, 2.5mm wide and weighs c.4 grams. Whitehead (2003) illustrates a similar buckle, p.87 no.539, which he dates c.1350-1450 AD. He comments "They are thought to have b…
Created on: Thursday 1st October 2009
Last updated: Saturday 18th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Forest Row', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-9C4178
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy single loop buckle frame with integral cast plate. Dimensions 35.35mm x 16.08mm x 3.74mm and weight 5gms. The loop of the buckle is oval, 19.6mm long by 14.9mm wide and 2.1mm thick with a lipped pin rest. Traces of an iron pin remain in the circular pin hole, the sides of which project into the buckle loop. The fixing plate is 13.3mm long by 11.7mm wide and takes the form of a wide collar topped by a fleur d'lis. There is an integral rivet on the rear, at the centre point of the lis. it is 4.2mm in diameter and 3.7mm long. Although no exact parallel was found this fi…
Created on: Wednesday 6th February 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 28th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Itford', grid reference and parish protected.