Record ID: WILT-D80F1C
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy medieval buckle dating to the period AD 1350-1400. It measures 24.63mm in length and 13.31mm at maximum width, though this starts at the rounded knop at 5.79mm and tapers to a base of 9.62mm. The knop is rounded and has a collar at the base, before it extends to an oval frame. At the base there are two knops, one either side, of a constricted bar. The patina is smooth, dark green in colour, and has is no further decoration on the back of the strap slide. In total, the strap slide weighs 2.70g. There is a buckle in Egan's Dress Accessories (1991) p94, no.421 which is …
Created on: Tuesday 28th November 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 27th March 2018
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Record ID: WILT-C58FC0
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy medieval buckle, dating to the period AD 1350-1400. It is rectangular in shape, measuring 27.82mm in length, 21.82mm wide and weighs 6.34g. The pin is attached by curling around the central bar, with a small recess opposite it in which the point rests. In total, the pin measures 21.82mm in length and 4.26mm and maximum width, before it tapers to a point. The patina is rough, and is mid-green in colour. For similar buckles please see Dress Accessories (1991), p95 no.425.
Created on: Wednesday 15th November 2017
Last updated: Friday 24th November 2017
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Record ID: WILT-CA30C5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy medieval to post-medieval double looped rectangular buckle, dating to the period AD 1500-1650. It is incomplete insofar as the pin is missing. The buckle has a smooth patina, and is dark green in colour. It measures 41.15mm in width, 24.65mm in height and weighs 8.46g. There is no discernible decoration on either side. At either side of the central recess bar, from which the now missing pin would have hung, are two circular knops. There are two further knops (broadly trapezoidal in shape) on the other sides of the buckle, jutting outwards from the rest …
Created on: Tuesday 10th October 2017
Last updated: Monday 6th November 2017
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Record ID: WILT-348CEB
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-medieval cast copper-alloy, double loop oval buckle with iron pin, dating to period AD 1550-1650. It is incomplete insofar as part of the pin is missing. The frame has two spherical knops, one either side, on the outer edge of the loop, with a lobed knop either end of the strap bar. The frame measures 41.69mm in width and 22.39mm in length. What remains of the pin is made of iron, as evidenced by the corrosion on the pin and where the pin would have rested prior to the break. The pin now measures 19.58mm in length and 4.34mm in width. At its thickest the frame measu…
Created on: Thursday 3rd August 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd August 2017
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Record ID: WILT-345BF4
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-medieval cast copper-alloy, double loop oval buckle, dating to period AD 1500-1650. It is incomplete insofar as the pin is missing. The frame is bevelled on the inside, and measures 30.23mm in length and 25.88mm in width. The outer frame measures 4.34mm in thickness, whilst the narrowed strap bar from which the now missing pin would have been attached measures 2.49mm in thickness. Copper corrosion covers most of the buckle, leaving the patina rough and the colour a light green. In total, this buckle weighs 4.29g. Parallels to this buckle can be seen in Whitehead (20…
Created on: Thursday 3rd August 2017
Last updated: Thursday 24th August 2017
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Record ID: WILT-ABB9E1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy medieval single looped buckle, dating to the period AD 1250-1400. It is incomplete insofar as the pin is missing and the outer frame has broken off. What remains of the buckle indicates a broadly circular shape, thin outer frame measuring 2.24mm in thickness and a diameter of 25.58mm. On one side there is a thicker bar, measuring 7.67mm wide, and has two lobed knops, one either side of a recess, in which a sheet metal roller is rolled almost completely around. On this sheet metal roller there is a transverse groove, in which the now missing pin may have rest…
Created on: Friday 9th June 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 14th June 2017
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Record ID: WILT-AB375A
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy post-medieval double looped buckle, dating to the period AD 1550-1650. It is incomplete insofar as the pin is missing. The buckle is broadly circular in shape, measuring 36.95mm in width and 34.83mm in length, with an off centre, curved central bar. The thickness of the outside frame is 5.51mm, whereas the central bar measures 2.27mm thick. On the outside frame there are evenly spaced grooves, within which there appears to be trades of red enamel, particularly but not exclusively left of the central bar. Aside from a small patch of red enamel on the upper ha…
Created on: Friday 9th June 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 14th June 2017
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Record ID: WILT-13A504
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy medieval single loop buckle with plate, dating to the period AD 1350-1400. It is incomplete insofar as the pin has broken, one of the plates is missing and the remaining plate is broken. The buckle measures 40.82mm in length and 25.96mm in width. It is a single looped oval framed buckle with plate. There are two knops with a central ridged constriction, in the middle of which is a recess which would have rested the pin, though it has since broken and is now shorter in length (13.28mm) than it would have originally been. The pin is 2.23mm thick, and curls ove…
Created on: Tuesday 21st March 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 26th April 2017
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Record ID: HAMP-D84FD7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy post-medieval (1500-1700) double-oval buckle frame, missing much of one loop and broken close to the narrowed central bar. It measures 23.07mm in length and 22.46mm in width. The pin curls around the bar and then extends 22.46mm in length and measures 3.39mm in width, before tapering to a point. In total, the buckle weighs 3.02g. The patina is quite rough, and a light green in colour.
Created on: Monday 6th March 2017
Last updated: Friday 10th March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hambledon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-B04F77
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete medieval single loop buckle frame and plate, dating to the period 1250-1450. It is a D-shaped frame with offset, narrowed bar, from which the pin and folded sheet plate are attached. The buckle and plate measure together 41.34mm in length and 21.13mm in width. The buckle, without the pin and plate, measures 18.04mm in length and 21.13mm wide. The decoration on the outside edge is five ridges and recesses in between. Where the pin comes to rest a recess has been carved within the central ridge, so that there are five recesses and five ridges. This ridge and recess decorat…
Created on: Wednesday 8th February 2017
Last updated: Thursday 16th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Owslebury', grid reference and parish protected.