Record ID: SWYOR-980D05
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron buckle of unknown date. It is 62.75mm long, 46.82mm wide and 5.54mm thick. It weighs 30.73g. The frame is rectangular and is not decorated. The pin is also iron and is bent round the bar and broken, the majority is missing. Buckles as functional as this could have been used at any date. The object was found at Towton Battlefield, but it is not known whether it is related to the battle in 1461.
Created on: Tuesday 12th May 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 27th March 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-981981
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron buckle of unknown date. It is 39.38mm long, 35.25mm wide and 7.1mm thick. It weighs 21.72g. The frame is rectangular and is not decorated, though the outer edge is slightly curved. The pin is also iron and was probably bent round the bar, but is now only attached by corrosion, the loop having broken. Buckles as functional as this could have been used at any date. The object was found at Towton Battlefield, but it is not known whether it is related to the battle in 1461.
Created on: Tuesday 12th May 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 27th March 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-9826C2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron buckle of unknown date. It is 42.33mm long, 38.46mm wide and 8.52mm thick. It weighs 24.82g. The frame is rectangular and is not decorated. The pin is also iron and is bent round the bar. Buckles as functional as this could have been used at any date. The object was found at Towton Battlefield, but it is not known whether it is related to the battle in 1461.
Created on: Tuesday 12th May 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 27th March 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-822612
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy pin from a buckle, or possibly a brooch, of uncertain date, Roman to Post Medieval. The pin is D shaped in section and is bent into an open loop at the attachment end. There is a longitudinal groove along the centre of the pin loop. The pin itself tapers from the loop to a blunt point. The pin is made from a piece of metal which is 2.2mm thick. The metal has a grey green patina. As brooch and buckle pins change very little in style, it is impossible to closely identify this object, but it is perhaps most likely that the pin is from a Medieval or Post Medieval buckle.
Created on: Wednesday 11th December 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 10th November 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-B828CD
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy sheet buckle plate, of Medieval or possibly Early Medieval date. The piece is formed of a sub-rectangular strip of copper alloy, folded in half where it would have been wrapped round the buckle frame, and now broken across the hinges. It is wider at the frame end than at the attachment end. The hinges are notched to accomodate the sides of the frame and there is a slot for the pin. The frame and pin are missing. At the attachment end is a single copper alloy, central rivet. The plate has a light grey green patina. It is 25.7mm long, 10.8mm wide and 3.6mm thick. 2.03g.…
Created on: Monday 24th August 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 25th August 2015
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Record ID: SWYOR-B1DA51
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy buckle plate with a badly corroded incomplete iron frame and pin. It is of uncertain date, Medieval to post Medieval, perhaps AD 1300 - 1900. All that remains of the frame is part of the bar. There is an accretion of corrosion where the pin would have been attached which is probably its remains. The buckle plate is made of a single piece of sheet copper alloy folded around the bar. It is oblong in shape but the corners have been cut off at 45 degrees at the attachment end. The remains of an iron rivet can be seen on each face of the plate, which would have passed throug…
Created on: Friday 25th January 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 26th February 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-C6C12B
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Medieval or Post Medieval buckle dating from AD 1300 - 1900. It is a single looped rectangular buckle. The bar is square in cross-section and in line with the frame. The sides curve into the outer edge which is bevelled. Measurements are; length 15.8mm, width 23.1mm, thickness 3.6mm and weight 2.96g. Compare Whitehead (2003) number 126 but this very plain form could also be Post Medieval. The pin is missing.
Created on: Monday 26th February 2024
Last updated: Saturday 9th March 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-51C813
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy fragment, possibly part of a buckle frame of possible Medieval to Post medieval date. It is sub-recatngular at the wider end, flat on one face and rounded on the others, then curves and tapers to a broken point. It has a grye patina. Measurements are; length 21.9mm, width 8.1mm, thickness 4.8mm and weight 2.51g.
Created on: Monday 15th January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-3B6406
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy fragment of a Roman military style zoomorphic buckle. A little less than half of the object survives. It is 28.5mm long, 27.1mm wide and 8.1mm thick. The buckle would have been in the form of two animal heads face to face forming the frame, and their tails forming the bar. Just one animal from this buckle survives. The side of the bar that would have joined the plate is flat and rough, with file marks visible. The opposite face of the bar is peaked, making the bar a pentagon in section. The bar thickens and becomes rounder as it merges with the frame at the sides and f…
Created on: Saturday 16th June 2007
Last updated: Monday 10th December 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-823697
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy buckle dating from the Roman period, abdout AD 200 - 410. The frame is D shaped but is unusual in being thicker than it is wide, as if the outer edge is made of a strip of metal in its side. The bar is a separate piece which has been riveted through the sides of the frame. The pin is cut from sheet and is wrapped round the bar. The plate is rectangular and is folded round the bar with a slot for the pin. A single copper alloy rivet at the attachment end holes the sheets together. There is no decoration. This unusual construction gives the buckle a homemade appearance. T…
Created on: Sunday 13th February 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 17th November 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-AF4D93
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Published
Part of a copper alloy Roman buckle plate. The frame of the buckle is missing, as is the pin. The plate has a transverse bar at one end from which two loops project. These would have attached the plate to the axis bar of the frame. The gap between the loops is where the pin would have been attached. The body of the plate is broken. The surviving part seems to be in the form of two trumpet coils facing towards the bar, leaving an open triangular hole between them and it. The trumpets are broken after the bells, but there would have been rounded holes inside the coils. The front of the …
Created on: Thursday 22nd September 2011
Last updated: Thursday 11th June 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-FE3AB4
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of copper alloy, probably part of a late Roman zoomorphic Dolphin Buckle dating from AD 350 - 450. Only one terminal of the bar and a short length of the frame survives. The buckle would have been in the form of two opposed dolphins. The edge of the frame is bevelled and the front face is decorated with incised lines forming the crest on the back of the dolphin. The dolphin's tail forms the terminal at the end of the bar. The ends of the fragment are patinated breaks. The metal has a dark brown patina. Similar examples are HAMP-BBD951, SWYOR-70C074 (a complete example), ESS…
Created on: Tuesday 30th April 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 30th April 2013
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Record ID: SWYOR-C72CC7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable Roman buckle dating from about AD 200 - 410, comprising an oval or D-shaped frame (now distorted), made of a sheet strip pierced at each end to hold a separate bar (now missing). The pin and plate is also absent. Compare NMS-50B131 and an example illustrated in the Roman and Iron Age Training Notes (unpublished), Worrell, 2004. The buckle frame has a dark green patina. It is 19.6mm long, 13.9mm wide and 4mm thick. 1.13g.
Created on: Wednesday 19th November 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 11th November 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-C78C28
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman zoomorphic buckle dating from about AD 350 - 450, Hawkes and Dunning Type IIb, having a frame consisting of opposed dolphins and an integral plate. Only half of the frame loop and one end of the bar survives. The dolphin has a moulded crest and collar, and holds an oval pellet in its jaws. there is a hole through the frame between the dolphin's jaws. There is also a small circular hole visible at the start of the integral plate, but the plate is broken across the hole. The reverse is flat. The metal has a grey green patina. The buckle is 25.1mm long, 24.8mm wide, 4.15mm thick.…
Created on: Wednesday 19th November 2014
Last updated: Friday 20th February 2015
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Record ID: SWYOR-7705DE
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy ring buckle of Roman date, probably from the 3rd century. The circular frame is circular in section and parts of the frame are decorated with transverse grooves on the upper face only. The terminals are corroded and damaged; one survives better but the other is missing. The surviving terminal appears to turn outwards with a flattened projection, and to have a circular setting on the corner with possible white paste or cement surviving within it. The buckle has a smooth brown patina, but some of the original surface is missing. The pin is also absent. The finder su…
Created on: Tuesday 29th July 2014
Last updated: Friday 15th May 2015
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Record ID: SWYOR-13D670
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman buckle dating from AD 43 - 410. It has an oval frame with internal projections on either side of the pin and a plain outer edge. There is an incomplete integral spacer, slotted to accomodate the pin, with a bar near the frame round which the thick copper alloy sheet pin is looped. The sides of the spacer taper away from the frame, so the plate may have been triangular. There is the remains of a rivet in each arm of the spacer, near the frame, suggesting that it was covered with sheet plates. The buckle has a grey green patina. It is 35.2mm long, 29.5mm wide and 7.…
Created on: Thursday 8th September 2016
Last updated: Thursday 8th September 2016
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Record ID: SWYOR-BC8546
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman cast copper-alloy pin from a buckle dating from about AD 43-100.The cruciform style pin is convex on the upper face and flat on the underside. It has the start of a loop to attach to the bar, but is incomplete, and the shaft has two transverse curving arms, one at each side, one incomplete. Each arm is bevelled at the front edge the complete one terminates in an oval plate. The shaft of the pin tapers to a point. At the base is a small triangular projection at each side. The frame of the buckle does not survive. The pin is 20mm long, 26.3mm wide and 2.5mm thick. 2.…
Created on: Thursday 3rd February 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 8th February 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-B19261
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy post medieval two piece buckle with the frame, pin and most of the plate surviving. The buckle is 20.5mm long, 16.8mm wide and 3.8mm thick. The frame has concave sides and convex ends. There is slight moulding in the centre of the ends acting as a pin rest, and two grooves for decoration in the centre of the sides. The pin and plate are mounted on a separate spindle which is in unusually good condition. The cast pin is complete. The plate hinges are in good condition, but the far end is damaged and missing, so it cannot be attributed to a type by shape. On the plate near…
Created on: Tuesday 21st August 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-B19DA4
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy double looped post medieval buckle. Only the frame survives and this curves upwards on each side of the bar. This may suggest it was used at the ankle or knee where the angle of the frame would make it easier to fasten. The buckle is 47.8mm long, 30.2mm wide and 2.6mm thick. Each loop of the frame is oval and there is a trefoil moulding at each end and on each side. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The buckle has a dark brown patina and there are traces of tinning. There are similar examples on page 65 of “Buckles” by Ross Whitehead which are dated to c. 1550 – 1650.
Created on: Tuesday 21st August 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-50CCF5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy buckle frame of post medieval date. The frame is 52.4mm long, 33.4mm wide and 2.2mm thick. It is completely flat and is rectangular with an integral central bar. The functional frame is then ornamented with an oval openwork outer frame made up of scrolls and foliage with bilobed projections at each end and five-lobed projections at each end of the bar. The frame was gilded. The pin and plate are missing. An almost identical example can be seen on page 80 of Ross Whitehead’s “Buckles” which is dated between 1620 and 1690.
Created on: Thursday 4th October 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012
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