Record ID: SOM-124A1B
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle frame with ornate outer edge. The frame is oval with an offset strap bar. The outer edge is widened and divided by multiple narrow rasied ribs running around the front and back with two larger rounded knops projecting out at 45 degrees at either end. The ribs are arranged one near each end and hen two groups of three ribs flanking a recessed cnetral are for the pin. The outer edge is oval in section, the upper and lower sides D-shaped with convex outer sides. The pin is cast with a flatter loop ending in a raised transverse line and a D-shaped cross sectio…
Created on: Tuesday 20th March 2018
Last updated: Monday 9th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Combe St. Nicholas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-003B77
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy buckle of Medieval date (AD 1250-1400). The object is a single oval framed buckle with integral plate. The frame is plain. The plate is slightly convex on the front and narrows gradually in width away form the loop to a worn, possibly broken squared off end. The plate has a circular perforation c3mm wide for the pin adjacent to the loop which retains part of the wire pin. The pin is c8mm in length and isimily bent 180 degrees though the hole. There is a further circular perforation c4mm from the pinhole and c2mm wide that may be a rivet hole though no eviden…
Created on: Friday 23rd February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 15th March 2018
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Record ID: SOM-00327D
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy single loop trapezoidal medieval buckle with flat rectangular section, expanded outer loop and slightly out-curving upright sides to the frame, The pin and plate are missing. The end of the frame is decorated on one face with three transverse grooves across its centre, the central of the groves being wider than the other two; the centre of the other face has an incised chevron.There is a slight 'swelling' at the centre of the axis bar, at which point the pin would have been attached. The buckle's measurements are as follows: 12.9mm wide, 14.1mm long, 3.2mm thick; it we…
Created on: Friday 23rd February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 15th March 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-E0CB6A
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper alloy double looped bucke, probably dating to c. AD 1350-1650. The buckle comprises of two oval loops with a D-shaped cross section. The front of the frame is decorated with a series of regularly spaced relatively deep, obliquely angled grooves. A copper alloy pin remains around the bar. The pin is D-shaped in cross section with a flat back and tapoers slightly to a slightly undercut point. Dimensions: length 35.7mm; width 28.7mm; thickness 2.9mm; weight.6.30g. Similar examples on this database include IOW-FC8294 and SOM-0B5067. Egan & Pritchard (2002: 83, no. …
Created on: Thursday 4th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 5th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Muchelney Ham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-C4C02B
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small medieval copper alloy annular buckle, probably dating to c. AD 1200-1400. The frame is broadly circular in plan, although with a very slightly offset bar showing sings of wear from the copper alloy sheet pin. The pin survives, but has been displaced around the frame. The frame is sub-circular in cross section. Dimensions: length 12.9mm; width 14.4mm; thickness 4.1mm; weight 1.15g. See Egan & Pritchard (2002: 58-60 and 69) nos. 28, 55, 72, 88 and 269, the former are all of comparable size, the latter of which is larger has a slight offset bar. Egan and Pritchard (ibid:58)…
Created on: Monday 27th November 2017
Last updated: Monday 4th December 2017
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Record ID: SOM-B23EBC
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper alloy annular buckle dating to c. AD 1300 to 1450. The single loop is oval in shape, probably originally circular and distorted. The loop is circular in cross section with a indent on one face at one point to make a pin rest, the pin will not fit on this now, probably as it has become loose and been reattached at some point. The pin is cast copper alloy with a loosely bent over loop, oval sectioned shaft with one swelling adjacent to the loop and tilted up, slightly swollen point. The buckle measures 46.20m in length, 35.48mm in width and weighs 16.32g. The length of…
Created on: Thursday 2nd November 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 14th November 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Trudoxhill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-DE8A75
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy medieval buckle (c. 14th century). The fragment consists of about one quarter of the frame, with breaks at both ends. The reverse flat and smooth. The obverse has been bevelled along both edges, which curve round and taper.
Created on: Monday 23rd October 2017
Last updated: Saturday 25th August 2018
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Record ID: SOM-80837D
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a copper alloy Post Medieval trapezoidal buckle dating to cAD1620 - 1680. Only one loop of the double loop buckle remains. The outer edge is expanded into a triangle in the centre, flanked by points at each corner. On the front of the outside edge there is an incised line running from top to bottom. The front has traces of a silvery sheen but the back is plain. The buckle measures 17.46mm in length, 11.90mm in width and weighs 1.26g. Whitehead (2003: 83, nos. 520, 522) publishes similar examples which he dates to c. 1620-1680, although the author does not elaborate on how…
Created on: Thursday 31st August 2017
Last updated: Monday 8th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shepton Beauchamp CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-AC69A4
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle plate, length: 39 mm, width: 28 mm, thickness: 6 mm, weight: 12.85 grams. The object is sub rectangular in form and cross section and is incomplete. Its major component is a sheet which has a central rectangular hole. The sheet has been folded over itself so that the hole is positioned on one edge (forming a central pin hole and allowing the plate to be secured onto one edge of a buckle frame) The sheet is plain on one side and decorated on the other side with a series of short parallel lines which run along each side of the hole (horizontally as shown)…
Created on: Tuesday 16th May 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 8th August 2017
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Record ID: DOR-7AA147
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy post-medieval double looped buckle dating to c.1550 to 1650. Ninety percent of one loop is missing to old breaks near the bar. The outside edge is sub-oval with knops on each outside corner and at the end of the bar, the inside edge is sub-oval. The front is bevelled both internally and externally. The pin is absent and the reverse is flat and undecorated. Length: 23.3 mm; Width: 21.8 mm; Thickness: 3.0 mm; Weight: 3.35 g A similar buckle is illustrated in Whitehead (2003, 63) no. 382 which he dates to 1550-1650; an example found on the Mary Rose…
Created on: Friday 7th April 2017
Last updated: Friday 18th January 2019
Spatial data recorded.