Record ID: WILT-8991EC
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval copper alloy double loop oval buckle with all over moulded surface decoration dating to c AD 1550-1650. The buckle comprises double loops which are D-shaped in plan, with a straight bar between them. The loops are decorated with a central barrel moulding with beaded borders either side which are framed on either side by moulded tendril and leaf decoration with a raised knop on the outer edge (one of the four knops is damaged). There is then a beaded collar before the fram curves inwards to the central strap bar which has a moulded trefoil at either end. The patina …
Created on: Tuesday 2nd May 2017
Last updated: Thursday 11th May 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nettleton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-114DEC
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy medieval D-shaped buckle dating to c AD 1250-1500 (the radiating line decoration may make this buckle early medieval). The buckle is complete. Unusually the buckle is not made with a continuous frame as the pin attachment bar comprises two pieces of metal placed on top of one another. The buckle frame comprises a flat D-shaped piece of copper alloy. The frame is rectangular in cross section and narrows sharply towards the pin attachment bar to create a pin which is semi-circular in cross section. The inner corners of the D have small notches cut out which allows the two…
Created on: Tuesday 20th September 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 12th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cherhill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-14236E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy possible Roman buckle plate dating to c AD 43-410 (although the form may suggest a medieval date). The buckle plate comprises a single sheet of copper ally folded in two with a slot cut out of the fold to hold the pin and the folder slightly wider to hold the pin attachment bar. At the open end of the plate there are two attachment loops pierced through both plates. The back of the buckle plate is undecorated except for two small notches at the end of the plate. The top of the plate is decorated in the centre with two concentric circles with hatching between them and in…
Created on: Tuesday 20th September 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 12th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cherhill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-A83784
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy post medieval double loop buckle dating to c AD 1660-1720. The buckle is incomplete and has been damaged and squashed together with its plate. The remaining fragment comprises a semi-circular frame with a separate spindle which has been inserted through. It appears that the buckle was originally sub-annular but the second semi-circular part of the fram is incomplete. The frame is D-shaped in cross section and the sides of the frame are angled outwards towards the lower edge. There are the remnants of the plate or chape which comprises a single sheet of copper alloy fold…
Created on: Tuesday 27th September 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 12th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stanton St Quintin', 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.

Record ID: WILT-A12AAB
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval copper alloy buckle dating to c AD 1550-1650. The buckle is incomplete and is missing one of its oval loops. The buckle was originally a double loop oval buckle with moulded decoration on the loops. The remaining fragment of the buckle comprises the central bar, circular in cross section, which holds the remains of the pin. At either end of the bar the loop curves away. The loop is thinner than the bar. As the loop circles round it broadens sinuously to create a slight indentation on the inner edge and a soft point on the outer edge. In the centre of the loop, there is…
Created on: Tuesday 9th February 2016
Last updated: Monday 15th February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Charlton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-531F77
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy tongue from an early medieval Anglo-Saxon buckle dating to AD 575-625. The tongue is a 'shield-on-tongue' type which is in the shape of a violin or guitar. The tongue is incomplete and is missing its attachment on the back. The object has a curved end and the sides are then indented before flaring out and curving round to form a flat section at the top of the 'shield'. The pin then extends out and is D-shaped in profile. Half way along it narrows and the end section narrows and curves to form the end of the pin that would have hooked over the frame of the buckle. The ba…
Created on: Wednesday 7th October 2015
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-52C222
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy object which is possible the chape from a post medieval buckle dating to c AD 1660-1720. The object comprises a bar of copper alloy which is oval in cross section and which narrows gradually towards the outer edges. At the ends of the bar, there are two small knops which may have fitted into the buckle plate. In the centre of the bar is a raised rib which leads into a roughly triangular shaped pin. The back of the chape is undecorated. The patina of the chape is dark green and the surface is rough.
Created on: Tuesday 12th January 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 12th January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kingston Deverill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-D82988
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy medieval buckle plate dating to c AD 1250-1400. The buckle plate is from a single loop oval buckle with ornate outer edges, narrowed and offset strap bar. The buckle plate is incomplete and comprises a section of the top of the buckle plate and the remains of the two loops that would have folded over the strap bar. The fragment comprises a two short sections that would have folded over the strap bar and then widens to the outer edge. The outer edge gradually narrows towards the end of the plate. There are two rivet holes and the remains of a third (there were proba…
Created on: Tuesday 1st December 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 1st December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ebbesborne Wake', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-7DCDD7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval copper alloy buckle dating to the period c AD 1550-1650. The buckle is worn and there is evidence of corrosion along the pin bar. It comprises a double loop oval shape with moulded floral decoration on the loops and lobed knops at either end of the integral strap bar. The flower decoration comprises a central raised pellet with five pellets around, these may originally have been raised too but have been largely worn away. At the other end of the brooch, the flower decoration has been worn or rubbed away. The lobed knops appear to have been worn or cut away. There are n…
Created on: Friday 10th April 2015
Last updated: Friday 27th November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Garsdon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-7E0428
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval copper alloy buckle dating to the period c AD 1660-1720. The buckle frame is complete but missing its spindle. It is a sub-annular shoe or knee buckle with a drilled frame for a separate spindle. The buckle is decorated with multiple transverse grooves on each end of the frame. In the centre of the frame, on either side, there is a central spherical knop over the spindle and on either side, a scooped concave section. The buckle is slightly convex at the front from the spindle fitting. The back of the spindle is undecorated with raised square sections just about the spi…
Created on: Friday 10th April 2015
Last updated: Friday 27th November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Garsdon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-7E6C8B
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval copper alloy buckle dating to the period c AD 1660-1720. The buckle frame is complete and has its spindle and part of the chape. It is a trapezoidal shoe or knee buckle with a drilled frame for a separate spindle. The frame is engraved with pairs of transverse lines on the edges of the frame next to the spindle fitting. The loops of the frame are engraved with a geometric, curvilinear, floral or foliate decoration. The chape is missing the end section. The section next to the spindle is decorated with an engraved triangular shaped band of pellets with lines radia…
Created on: Friday 10th April 2015
Last updated: Friday 27th November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Garsdon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-7E9AC1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval copper alloy buckle dating to the period c AD 1500-1650. The buckle is complete. It comprises a double loop oval shape with a raised rib at either end of the strap bar. The loops narrow towards the spindle and are bevelled so that they slope downwards towards the outer edge of the frame. The spindle is slightly recessed from the front edge of the frame. Cf Whitehead, R, 2003, Buckles 1250-1800, Greenlight Publishing Witham, p 54 No 305.
Created on: Friday 10th April 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 17th November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Garsdon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-62E881
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy medieval single loop D-shaped buckle with lipped frame dating to c AD 1350-1450. The buckle frame is D-shaped with a pointed lip with central depression to hold the point of the pin. The frame narrows and is connected by a circular profile bar to which the pin is attached. The pin comprises a sheet of copper alloy which narrows to a point and is folded under the bar. Cf Whitehead, R, 2003, Buckles 1250-1800, Greenlight Publishing, Witham p20 no 72.
Created on: Tuesday 20th October 2015
Last updated: Monday 2nd November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Malmesbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-62266C
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy medieval single loop spur buckle with an integral plate ending in a hook dating to c AD 1250-1400. The buckle is incomplete and is missing its pin. The buckle comprises an oval loop with a frame which follows the contour of the loop but expands towards the middle. The frame of the loop attaches to an integral plate where there are two small knops, one on either side, and then narrows gradually before expanding to form a rectangular plate. At the end of the rectangular plate is a narrow section of copper alloy which continues on and loops forwards towards the rectang…
Created on: Tuesday 20th October 2015
Last updated: Monday 2nd November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Malmesbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-EF5207
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy buckle plate dating to the period c AD 1250-1400. The buckle plate is incomplete as the loops to contain the buckle are missing. The buckle plate is rectangular in shape with the incomplete buckle bar loops indented at one short end and two rivet holes with the remnants of iron nails at the other end. The plate is decorated with raised relief and the design appears to be of a mythological beast or bird. The back of the plate is undecorated. The patina is a mid green with the raised relief a reddish brown. There is evidence of iron corrosion close to the rivet holes.
Created on: Tuesday 8th September 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 27th October 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rockbourne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-F72346
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy medieval buckle plate dating to the period c AD1250-1500. The buckle plate is complete and comprises a sheet of copper alloy which has been folded in half and has had a hole and sections at either side cut to fit the offset strap bar. There are three copper alloy rivets through the plate and on the top surface, these have decorative square studs. The top surface of the plate has an incised line around the edge and in the centre has foliate curvilinear decoration. Cf Whitehead, R, 2003, Buckles 1250-1800, Greenlight Publishing, witham, p 18, no 49.
Created on: Tuesday 27th October 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 27th October 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Enford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-4F246D
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy plate from a medieval buckle dating to c AD 1200-1300. The buckle plate is incomplete and is missing the pin attachment bar. It is also missing one of the two rivets and is broken at the site of the rivet hole. The plate comprises a single piece of copper alloy which has been folded in half. On the back of the plate there are diagonal cuts at the end so that the back plate is not pierced by the rivets. The back plate is slightly narrower than the front plate. At the fold of the two halves, a central hole has been cut where the pin would have been located and at either s…
Created on: Wednesday 7th October 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 7th October 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Charlton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-417D0C
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy medieval or post medieval double loop oval buckle dating to the period AD c1350-1650. The buckle frame comprises two ovals which are bevelled on the inside and outside edges. The strap bar is narrowed and slightly recessed. There are notches extending across the frame on both sides for the pin. The wire pin is wrapped round the strap bar and tapers to a point. Cf Whitehead, R, 2003, Buckles 1250-1800, Greenlight Publishing, Witham p 54 no 310 and p 54 no 293.
Created on: Thursday 24th September 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 7th October 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-6CD076
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy double loop annular buckle dating to c AD 1350-1650. The buckle is undecorated and comprises a circular band 9.03mm wide and 3.30 thick. The sides are bevelled so that the profile is D shaped. There is an integral bar across the centre of the circular band which also has bevelled sides. Cf Whitehead, 2003, Buckles 1250-1800, Greenlight Publishing, Witham p 44 no 251.
Created on: Monday 14th September 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 16th September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wroughton', grid reference and parish protected.