Record ID: WILT-10D8FE
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval copper alloy T-shaped buckle of 13th- or 14th-century date. The buckle is complete and comprises a rectangular frame with an integral slot at right angles, and separate copper-alloy bar on which a copper-alloy pin hinges. The frame is wide but short, and undecorated. It has a grooved pin rest in the centre of the outside edge. At the opposite side (the inside edge) there is a rectangular slot at right angles to the frame, which thickens to accommodate a hole for the separate bar. The pin hinges on the bar and fits snugly into the slot; its movement is limited by the fit …
Created on: Tuesday 20th September 2016
Last updated: Friday 8th November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Lavington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-C1F6C8
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast silver shoe or knee buckle. The frame of the buckle is rectangular and has rounded corners. On the front face, along the short sides the frame is bi facial and this continues around each corner into the long sides. The long sides are wider at the centre with a hole drilled into the inner side to accommodate a separate spindle. The long sides are decorated with flowers or foliage finishing just before each corner. Attached to the spindle is a chape and pin. The chape has straight sides and extends beyond one of the short sides of the buckle frame to a rounded end where a stud is…
Created on: Tuesday 7th January 2014
Last updated: Friday 2nd September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Malmesbury', grid reference and parish protected.