Record ID: SOM-E41828
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a Post Medieval copper alloy double loop oval buckle dating from c AD1500-1650. One loop is missing at an old, worn break. The central strap bar is narrowed with a small moulded knop at either end. The pin is missing. The front of the frame has bevelled edges and the back is flat and undecorated. The piece has a brown patina. It measures 25.9mm in length,1 9.3mm in width, 2.5mm in thickness and weighs 2.94g. Whitehead (2003:52) states that this type of double loop buckle is extremely common and has been found in dated contexts from the mid 14th to the late 17th century. H…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd March 2020
Last updated: Thursday 5th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beercrocombe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-53AE77
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small, complete Medieval to Post Medieval copper alloy double loop oval buckle dating to c. 1350 to 1650. The loops are oval with slightly expanded outer edges. The frame is D-shaped in cross section. The frame has bevelled inside and outside edges and there is a pin rest at each side of the frame. The pin bar is narrowed from the frame and recessed and the pin is hooked around it. The in is oval in cross section and tapers to a point. The piece has a green patina. It measures 18.40mm in length, 13.97mm in width, 1.97mm in thickness and weighs 1.29g. This style of buckle is qui…
Created on: Tuesday 25th February 2020
Last updated: Thursday 5th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beercrocombe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-516CA0
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy single loop buckle dating to c. 1250-1500. The frame is D-shaped with a narrowed but not offset strap bar. The pin is missing. The piece is corroded and the back has a rough finish. The buckle has a brown patina. It measures 21.24mm in length, 32.16mm in width, 3.10mm in thickness and weighs 5.34g. Egan (2007, 86) categorises this form as Type 1 and suggests they are focussed in the 13th to 14th century although may start earlier..
Created on: Tuesday 25th February 2020
Last updated: Thursday 5th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beercrocombe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-305768
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Medieval single-looped oval frame dating to c. AD 1250-1400. The outer edge is widened into a bar with slightly rounded ends. There are narrow raised collars between the knops and the centre. The sides are convex. The inner bar is narrowed, recessed and offset with slight knops at each end. The pin is in situ and appears complete; it extends 13.5 from the bar and can rest on the wider bar. There are markings on the outer bar that may indicate a position for a pin rest (though these are not central, there is no indentation and the feature may just be due to wear). T…
Created on: Thursday 30th January 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 25th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-710A47
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cast copper alloy buckle frame missing its pin. The frame is D-shaped with a swollen outer edge and knops at either end of the recessed and offset strap bar. The buckle measures 16.75mm in length, 24.27mm in width, 3.87mm in thickness and weighs 2.53g. Similar buckles are illustrated in Egan (2007:87) e.g. no.481, where thery are categorised as Meols type 2 and it is suggested they date from the late 13th to early 14th centuries (ibid:88).
Created on: Tuesday 21st January 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Staple Fitzpaine', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-47B17D
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval cast copper alloy single looped D-shaped buckle with narrowed and offset bar which retains its plate, similar to Meols Type 7, dating to c. AD 1225-1400. The rounded outer edge of the buckle is widened projecting into the loop and out of it creating an oval surface that is 12.4mm wide. This oval region of the frame is domed, being convex on its outer surface and concave on its reverse. The rest of the frame is sub-oval in cross section with the axis bar being slightly narrower. The oval domed surface of the frame has a triangular shaped groove on its inside edge for the …
Created on: Wednesday 2nd October 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wilsford CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-365C69
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cast copper alloy double-loop rectangular buckle frame. The frame has two rectangular loops placed at an angl e to each other so it is V-shaped viewed from the top. The central strap bar is circular in section, narrowed and recessed. The upper and lower sides are moulded with knops at the end of the strap bar with double lobes on the front and thickened areas at the ends where they meet the outer side of the loop. The outer edges of both loops are elaborately decorated with seven evenly spaced disk shaped knops arranged side by side. Between the disks are deep recessed g…
Created on: Tuesday 1st October 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 4th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milverton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-3420DD
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy buckle frame dating to the period cAD1550 - 1650. The double oval looped frame has a moulded shell like knop in the centre of each loop and a small knop at each end of the narrowed strap bar. The shell shaped knops have convex curved outer edges and converge to an inner point that projects into the loop slightly. This shape is emphasised by incised lines across the knops which converge from the outer edge to the inner point. The seperate iron pin is in place but very corroded. The frame of the buckle is slightly misshapen. The upper surface has a shiny b…
Created on: Tuesday 1st October 2019
Last updated: Monday 25th November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gillingham CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-A17B1E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval (1350 - 1450 AD) copper alloy oval, lipped buckle frame of Meols Type 4, missing its pin. The bar is slightly flattened, narrowed and offset. The slightly expanded point (lip) in the centre of the outer edge of the frame has an incised transverse notch for the pin. The buckle measures 17.79mm in length, 15.03mm in width, 1.79mm in thickness and weighs 0.83g. Similar buckle frames from London (Egan & Pritchard 1991: 70, nos.279-283) date between AD 1350 and 1450.
Created on: Tuesday 24th September 2019
Last updated: Monday 2nd December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarrant Crawford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F8242B
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval copper alloy single oval looped composite buckle with integral forked spacer onto which have been soldered separate front and back plates dating to the period cAD 1350 -1450. The buckle has a notched lip and the pin is in place. The pin is formed of copper alloy sheet, triangular in plan with bevelled sides. It steps in in width where it is curved around the bar. The forks are covered by the plate but run the full length of the plates and have a thickening adjacent to the frame which the plates abut. The front plate has a circular cut out at the attachment end with …
Created on: Tuesday 11th June 2019
Last updated: Thursday 27th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Piddletrenthide CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F7336C
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval to Post Medieval copper alloy double loop oval buckle dating to the period c AD1350 - 1700. The frame has a bevelled inside edge and three transverse engraved lines on each loop. The pin is missing. The central bar is narrowed and has a break towards one end. There is a small knop at either end of the bar. There are traces of black lacquer on both surfaces. The buckle measures 37.40mm in length, 33.17mm in width, 3.48mm in thickness and weighs 8.83g. A similar example is illustrated in Margeson (1993:30, no.171) from a 17th century context , although with only one incise…
Created on: Tuesday 11th June 2019
Last updated: Thursday 27th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Piddletrenthide CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7CFCA9
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval copper alloy shoe buckle pin and attachment chape dating to between cAD1660 - 1790. The frame of the chape is trapezoidal in shape (often described as 'pot shaped) with rounded outer corners and an internal spike on the outside edge. The pin bar is made of two cylinders with a slot between joined by a crescent shaped internal protrusion with a makers mark of a raised IW within a recessed rectangle. The hinged pin is fused in place pointing outwards, it has a cylindrical attachment which sits in the slot on the chape. Both sides of the buckle chape have a brown sheen. I…
Created on: Tuesday 12th March 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lydeard St. Lawrence CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7C5F79
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper alloy single loop buckle dating to between cAD1250 -1400. The frame is D-shaped with a small knop in the centre of the outside edge holding the slot for the pin, which is missing. There is a small knop at each end of the strap bar which is narrowed and offset. The buckle measures 19.40mm in length, 11.60mm in width, 1.78mm in thickness and weighs 0.82g. This is an example of a Meols type 4 dating to the lte 14th century similar to Egan (2007, 88) no. 496.
Created on: Tuesday 12th March 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lydeard St. Lawrence CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7B8CB3
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval copper alloy 'locking buckle' dating to c AD 1300 - 1550. It is missing the end of the U-shaped locking arm but is otherwise complete. One end of the frame is sub-circular in cross section and acted as a strap bar. The other end (the outer side) is widened and bevelled on the under side so it thins towards the middle of the frame. This outer side has groove and thin lip along the outer edge to form a rest for the locking arm. The upper and lower sides of the frame are widened with an oval expansion about one third of the way along from the strap bar. The expansi…
Created on: Tuesday 12th March 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lydeard St. Lawrence CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-5557AB
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval copper-alloy T-shaped buckle of 13th- or 14th-century date complete with pin, but broken at the attachment end. The frame is rectangular with squared corners and edges and an open central rectangular projection at the centre of one of the long edges creating the vertical bar of the T. This projection extends into a short length of solid rectangular plate ending in a very thin ridge around the front and sides beyond which is an integral circular loop with a broken outer side. The reverse is flat throughout and the front of the main rectangular loop of the frame is also flat.…
Created on: Tuesday 26th February 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 12th November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Knoyle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-6E6DA4
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Late Medieval or Post Medieval cast copper-alloy double-loop buckle frame missing the pin. The surviving loop is rectangular with slightly convex sides and rounded corners.Only the stub of the second loop remains and this may have been rectangular or oval. The frame is bevelled externally and internally on the front, though far more shallowly externally. The rear surface is flat. The central bar is now bent and chipped but would have originally been D shaped in cross-section and has a similar width and thickness to the sides of the frame (1.7mm). The pin is missing altho…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd January 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 29th January 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-AC0CFC
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The front part of a copper alloy Medieval buckle plate dating from cAD1200 - 1500. The plate is rectangular in shape with two rivet holes at one end and part of the bent tabs which would have gone over the strap bar at the other. The tabs have a round based pin slot between them and cut out corners. The item has a green patina on both sides but the front also has traces of a decayed coating, probably white metal. It measures 26.84mm in length, 13.20mm in width and weighs 1.45g. Due to the simplicity it is hard to give a precise date but the size, use of separate rivets and white me…
Created on: Tuesday 13th November 2018
Last updated: Thursday 6th December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Buttermere', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-431B66
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete Roman copper alloy military buckle dating to AD 100 to 250. The buckle consists of singular loop with semi-scrolling ands and a small integral plate with a slot for the pin. The pin is missing. The frame is D-shape and measure 25.1 mm width at the point of maximum expansion. It is sub-rectangular in section, with a convex outer side and a flat inner side and reverse. The ends of the frame adjacent to the plate are curled inwards ending in semi-scrolls either side of the missing pin. Adjacent to the frame the plate is formed of a short sub-rectangular neck that…
Created on: Friday 3rd August 2018
Last updated: Monday 6th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lopen CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-5E90CD
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probably Medieval copper alloy single looped buckle, probably dating to c. AD 1100-1250. The frame is D-shaped and internally beveled, with a thick convex outer edge. This is decorated with alternating thick and narrow raised ribs, the latter having transverse grooves to create a corded effect. The bar is recessed and circular in cross-section; the pin has been lost. Length: 35.8mm; width: 24.4mm; thickness: 7.7mm; weight: 16.73g. No parallel has been found in the usual sources. While the broad outer edges similar to 11th century buckles such as LIN-5E320A the unrecessed bar s…
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd October 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-DE3676
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy medieval buckle plate. A thick cast straight-sided plate with a narrowed projecting slotted rectangular tab which is folded tightly against the back of the larger part. Moulded vertical bars appear at the inner and outer edges of the display side of the plate, and a pair of prongs project from its putative inner end. This configuration would more normally be rendered in flexible sheet metal, but this may be indicative of early construction. Suggested date: Medieval, 1150-1300. Length: 21.5mm, Height: 20.2mm, Thickness (plate, clear of vertical ribs): 1.9mm, Weight: 5.6…
Created on: Tuesday 17th July 2018
Last updated: Monday 23rd July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ulceby Cross', grid reference and parish protected.