Record ID: DUR-0FB0A1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy buckle dating to the medieval period, c. AD 1350 to 1450. The integral plate survives, square and cast with the sides and front in one piece but a hollow back. Along one side there is a double raised ridge with two broken stubs beyond; this is the remains of the frame. The front of the object is flat, with incised lines in an unclear motif. The back of the object is irregular. There are four rivet holes through the plate, one (at the open end) still containing an iron rivet and another (at the closed end) retaining a copper-alloy rivet. A similar examp…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd February 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 8th January 2019
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Record ID: DUR-BEF511
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy buckle dating to the medieval period, c. AD 1250 to 1450. The buckle is sub-rectangular plan and is 31.93 mm long and 19.36 mm wide. It has a central bar which is where both the pin and strap would have been attached although neither now remain. The buckle is undecorated. Similar examples are recorded in Egan and Pritchard (1991), see numbers 442 and 448 especially.
Created on: Wednesday 1st October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 1st October 2014
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Record ID: DUR-BEBCE3
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy buckle frame dating to the medieval period, c. AD 1300 to 1400. The object is sub-rectangular in plan with a slightly recessed bar where the pin (which is no longer present) would have been attached. The opposite side of the frame is slightly thicker at 4.97 mm and features some unclear incised lateral lines. Similar examples are recorded in Egan and Pritchard (1991), see numbers 438 and 439 which have been dated to the period AD 1350 to 1400 based on their excavated contexts. These excavated examples have plates attached to them which suggests this buckle may ha…
Created on: Wednesday 1st October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 1st October 2014
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Record ID: DUR-5CA432
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy buckle dating to the Tudor period, AD 1500 to 1600. The buckle is square in plan and is single looped. The sides are moulded and curve outwards away from the pin and the tongue rest. There is a central groove on one side which acts as a notch for the tongue. There are two grooves either side of the notch for the tongue acting as decoration. The tongue is still in place.
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 5th March 2013
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Record ID: DUR-5C5944
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy buckle dating to the period AD 1660 to 1720. The buckle is rectangular in plan with the short sides being rounded. In the middle of each side there is decoration which consists of three radiating lines on each of the short sides and three moulded pellets on each of the long sides. The central pin creates a figure of eight shape but this pin is not integral to the buckle. Part of the chape is still present although the circular stud terminal has broken off. The tongue of the buckle is also missing. Buckles of this sort would have been used for either shoes o…
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 5th March 2013
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Record ID: DUR-BAA986
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval single loop buckle dating to the period 1350-1400. The frame is D-shaped in plan and has a collared knop projecting from the curved side of the frame. This type of buckle has been classified by Marshall as a type IVC.
Created on: Friday 1st February 2013
Last updated: Friday 1st February 2013
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