Record ID: PUBLIC-6DD655
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper or lead-tin alloy buckle of 13th or 14th century date The buckle is near-complete, missing only the pin but is badly corroded and comprises the buckle frame and folded plate (with an overall length of 56.1mm and a weight of 23.1g). The frame is of oval form (26.8mm long) with 'ornate outside edge' and a narrowed offset bar and is irregularly cast and asymmetric. The outside edge is expanded and has corroded side knops, probably imitating a roller. There is a notch for the pin at the centre and the rear of the outside edge is concave (giving the frame a depth of 6.8mm)…
Created on: Wednesday 20th July 2011
Last updated: Monday 13th August 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-D5BF14
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle frame of trapezoidal form, probably of mid-14th to 15th century date The buckle frame is complete and the pin is still attached (with a frame length of 14.5mm, overall length of 16.4mm and a weight of 1.6g). The outside edge is widest (at 21.0mm) and has circular decorative knops at each end (of 6.4mm diameter and 2.0mm thick), elsewhere the frame is of D-shaped section (2.4 - 2.8mm wide and 1.4mm thick). There is no notch for the pin on the frame. The pin is of square section and gradually narrows to the point but only thins near the tip. Traces of gild…
Created on: Wednesday 13th July 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 14th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-D50551
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle of mid 14th to mid 15th century date The frame is complete and is of oval form with a narrowed, offset bar. The pin is missing and the frame is comparatively small (with a length of 13.5mm, a width of 17.8mm and a weight of 1.1g). The outside edge is of rounded D-shaped section and gradually widens to the central area (with a width of 3.8mm and a maximum thickness of 2.8mm), where the notch for the pin is evident. The bar is narrowed and offset (with a diameter of 1.3mm). Little of the surface survives, where it has a dark green patina, elsewhere the su…
Created on: Wednesday 13th July 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 14th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-AE3F12
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle plate, probably of mid 14th to mid 15th century date The buckle plate is fragmentary and is represented by the front part of a folded sheet plate (with a surviving length of 40.9mm, a thickness of 0.9mm and a weight of 4.0g). The outside edge of the plate had a rectangular slot to accommodate the pin (4.0mm wide). The sides of the plate are straight and near-parallel (with a width at outside edge of 19.3mm and 18.5mm at the inside edge). The plate was secured by four separate rivets, three positioned near the inside edge and one near the outside edge. Th…
Created on: Monday 11th July 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 14th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-ADF9E1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle, probably of mid 12th to 14th century date The buckle frame is complete but missing the pin (with a length of 20.8mm, a width of 22.7mm and a weight of 3.0g). The buckle has an oval frame with ornate outside edge. The outside edge is widened (at 4.5mm) and comprises a projecting knop at each end, with horizontal ribbing between. The sides are of sub-rectangular section and the bar is off-set and narrowed, of sub-circular section (1.9mm diameter). The rear of the buckle is flat. The surface has a dark brown patina. The buckle can be paralleled with an e…
Created on: Monday 11th July 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 14th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-9BFC10
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle plate, probably of mid 14th to mid 15th century date The buckle plate is fragmentary and is represented by the front part of a folded sheet plate (with a surviving length of 40.1mm, a thickness of 1.3mm and a weight of 5.3g). The outside edge of the plate has a circular perforation to accommodate the pin (6.4mm diameter) and cuts the edge. The sides of the plate are straight and near-parallel (with a width at outside edge of 23.7mm and at the inside edge of 22.1mm). The plate was secured by two separate rivets positioned near the outside edge; one of the…
Created on: Tuesday 28th June 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 14th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-869A61
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle of mid 12th to 15th century date The buckle comprises a copper alloy frame with the corroded remnants of the iron pin (with a weight of 3.9g). The frame is oval with an offset, narrowed bar (with a length of 18.7mm, a width of 23.3mm and a depth of 5.2mm). The outside edge is bevelled (with a thickness of 2.2mm) and is decorated with a prominent incised border. The frame has linear moulding at the ends of the bar. The bar is offset and narrowed (with a diameter of 1.6mm). The corroded iron pin extends under the bevelled outside edge of the frame. The sur…
Created on: Monday 27th June 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 14th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-85EBF7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle of uncertain date, possibly Roman or Early Medieval The buckle is fragmentary and is represented by the outside edge only (with a surviving length of 14.4mm, a surviving width of 28.5mm and a weight of 5.5g). The buckle fragment is of sub-circular section, which gradually thickens from both ends to the centre (with a minimum diameter of 2.6mm and a maximum diameter of 6.9mm). There is a notch to accommodate the pin on one side. The surface has a dark brown patina and elsewhere is grey to pale green. Although fragmentary, the buckle form does not appear to be ty…
Created on: Monday 27th June 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 14th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-463330
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle, probably of 12th to 14th century date The buckle frame is fragmentary, represented by the outside edge and part of the sides (with a surviving length of 11.0mm, a surviving width of 24.2mm and a weight of 1.8g). The buckle would have had an oval frame with ornate outside edge. The outside edge is widened (at 5.4mm) and comprises four rounded knops divided by grooves. The sides are of sub-triangular section. The rear of the buckle is flat. The surface has a dark brown patina with areas grey-green surface loss. The buckle can be closely paralleled wi…
Created on: Friday 24th June 2011
Last updated: Monday 27th June 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-084868
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy buckle of late 16th to 17th century date The buckle is of concave, double-looped type and is incomplete, missing the pin (with an overall length of 29.1mm, an overall depth of 8.3mm and a weight of 7.1g). The frame is concave with one straight end and one curved end (with a length of 25.2mm and a width of 19.5mm). The rounded end has an open loop decoration. The sides of the frame have double-mouldings at the position of the bar. The plate is folded around the bar, with a recess to accommodate the missing pin (the plate has a surviving length of 22.3mm) Th…
Created on: Tuesday 21st June 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 14th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-8C52B0
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle, probably of 12th to 14th century date The buckle frame is complete, although the pin is absent (with a length of 13.mm, a width of 16.2mm and a weight of 1.6g). The buckle has an oval frame with ornate outside edge. The outside edge is widened (at 4.3mm) and comprises Two end knops flanked on the inside with ribs. The sides are of sub-triangular section and the bar is off-set and narrowed. The rear of the buckle is also decorated. The surface is green to grey with adhering iron corrosionover the side and interior of the frame. The buckle can be clos…
Created on: Wednesday 15th June 2011
Last updated: Thursday 23rd June 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-5BEAF2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle, probably of mid 12th to 14th century date The buckle frame is complete, although the bar is broken and distorted (with a length of 16.8mm, a width of 24.1mm and a weight of 1.4g). The buckle is an oval frame with ornate outside edge. The outside edge is widened (at 4.7mm) and comprises four rounded knops. The sides are of triangular section and the bar is off-set and narrowed. The buckle can be closely paralleled with an example excavated in London (Egan & Pritchard, 1991, p 72, no. 292), recovered from a mid-13th century context. The rear of the bu…
Created on: Monday 13th June 2011
Last updated: Monday 13th August 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-5B7714
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle frame, probably of 14th to early 15th century date The buckle is sub rectangular (with a length of 18.0mm, a width of 28.4mm and a weight of 4.1g). The frame is of rounded hexagonally faceted section (with a thickness of 3.6mm). The sides of the frame converge slightly towards the bar. A slight notch to accommodate the missing pin has been cut into the outside edge of the frame on one face. The surface has a dark brown patina and file marks survive over much of the surface. The buckle can be closely paralleled with an example excavated in London (Egan…
Created on: Monday 13th June 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 14th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-201EF5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Neath Port Talbot
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy buckle, probably of 12th century date The buckle is near complete, missing the pin (with a length of 52.0mm, a width of 55.9mm, a depth of 8mm and a weight of 44.9g). The form of the buckle is D-shaped with the ends of the frame enhanced with beast's heads protruding to the rear. The beats are depicted with large raised circular eyes on the sides, below a moulded undulating brow. The bar is of rounded D-shaped section (with a width and thickness of 5 -6mm) and is convex across its length. The frame is of sub triangular section (4mm thick) and is bevelled …
Created on: Friday 10th June 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 13th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-085096
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle, probably of 13th to mid-15th century date The buckle is near complete but has a distorted plate (with an overall distorted length of 32.5mm and a weight of 3.3g). The buckle has an oval frame with offset, narrowed bar and a recessed plate. The frame is of sub-triangular section (13.7m long, 15.8mm wide and 2.7m thick) with a rounded outside edge, enhanced with a groove for the pin, now worn. The plate is folded sheet copper alloy (1.0mm thick and 2.7mm deep) and has a slot to accommodate the pin. The plate was attached by five separate rivets, with two …
Created on: Thursday 9th June 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 13th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-F78256
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy (gunmetal) buckle of 13th or 14th century date The buckle frame is of oval form with an ornate outside edge is complete (with a length of 19.5mm, a width of 24.0mm and a weight of 3.1g). The outside edge is of D-shaped section and is ribbed (with a width of 5.7mm and a thickness of 3.6mm) with knops at the ends. The sides of the frame are of triangular section and the bar is narrowed and offset. The buckle can be paralleled with an example recovered from excavations in London (Egan & Pritchard 1998, p 72, no. 292) from a mid 13th century context.
Created on: Wednesday 8th June 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 13th September 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-F714E5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Newport
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle, probably of 13th or 14th century date The buckle is incomplete (with a surviving length of 25.1mm and a weight of 2.7g) and may be of integral plate type or of two looped type with integral pate. The loop is oval (21.8mm wide) and of sub-triangular section. There is a single decorative moulding where the frame meets the plate. The pin is accommodated within a hole through the plate. The plate is of trapezoidal section (9.7mm wide and 2.4mm thick), with bevelled sides. The buckle plate has broken through a hole (5mm diameter) for attachment to the strap.…
Created on: Wednesday 8th June 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 13th September 2011
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