Record ID: DEV-A630B9
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a medieval copper-alloy composite buckle. The remains of an iron rivet are still evident with similarly sized and shaped copper-alloy frame fragments extant on both sides of where the pin would sit, being roughly rectangular in shape and cross section with a lobed half end which would have been the tops of the spacer forks. The thin section attaching the pieces of frame would have held a pin (now missing) and are rectangular with square cross sections. The globular piece is the only extant piece of frame which would have been visible. Measurements: Length:…
Created on: Wednesday 31st January 2024
Last updated: Monday 4th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tatworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-600AB5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy single-looped medieval buckle, of Meols type 10, incomplete insofar as it is missing its pin (c. AD 14th century). The frame is oval, and relatively thick, with an expanded outer edge moulded with two outward protruding lobes (consistent with type 10), with a four ridges between the pair: two slightly larger ridges flanking two thinner ones, the latter forming pin rest in the centre. The pin bar is narrowed and offset, with a slight central notch for retaining the pin, now missing. Measurements: 23 mm in length and width. The weight is 7.76 g. It may be comp…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd February 2023
Last updated: Monday 3rd April 2023
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Record ID: DEV-5FBE74
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast, copper-alloy, double-looped buckle of post-medieval date (c. AD 17th century). The buckle has trapezoidal loops and consists of a narrowed pin bar with a thick, sheet copper-alloy pin still attached. The outer face has bevelled sides and is decorated with knops at the corners and small lobes at the ends of the pin bar. There are engraved transverse lines at centre of each outer edge, acting as pin rests. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The buckle is bent in profile, probably from use rather than damage. Measurements: 33 mm in length…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd February 2023
Last updated: Thursday 30th March 2023
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Record ID: DEV-F58A9A
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy annular buckle dating to the late medieval period, c. AD 1400-1650. The buckle frame survives, the pin is missing. It is double looped, with both loops crescentic in shape. The frame is rectangular in cross section with a bevelled inner edge. The central bar is trapezoidal in cross section. There is a large area of iron decay around the bottom of the central bar, which may be the remnants of an iron pin or may be unrelated.  Whitehead (2002: 45) no. 256 is similar, and is dated from the late medieval to post medieval period. DEV-5AFBCD i…
Created on: Monday 14th March 2022
Last updated: Monday 14th August 2023
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Record ID: DEV-F56823
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy shoe or knee buckle dating to the post medieval period, c. AD 1660-1720. The buckle comprises the frame, the drilled spindle and pin are now missing. Large patches of iron decay suggest the spindle was once iron. It is sub rectangular in shape and would have been double looped, with the internal corners markedly rounded. The frame is D-shaped in cross section, and swells along its horizontal and vertical sides, tapering to narrowed corners.  Whitehead (1996) illustrates a similar example on page 99, no.616. He suggests that these buckles were…
Created on: Monday 14th March 2022
Last updated: Monday 14th August 2023
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Record ID: DEV-F55ED8
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy buckle dating to the post medieval period, c.  AD 1550-1600. Approximately 50% of the frame survives. It was once double looped, remaining trapezoidal in shape and flattened in cross section. The frame is decorated with a series of knops, placed at each of the corners, and at the four cardinal points. All these knops are rounded in shape. It is similar to DEV-5C31C9, and to Marshall type 3A which he dates to 1550-1650. Measurements: 16.7mm length, 18.4mm width, weight 2.4g.
Created on: Monday 14th March 2022
Last updated: Monday 14th August 2023
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Record ID: DEV-213EF9
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An elaborate but incomplete post medieval buckle dating to c. AD 1700-1800. The buckle is rectangular in shape and comprises the frame, the separately drilled spindle is now missing although its casings are visible on the reverse of the buckle. The frame is decorated with an intricate moulded openwork design which comprises a circular sunburst at the points where the spindle would join the frame and the midpoints of the veritcal frame sides, and pointed oval repeats of this design in each of the four cardinal corners.There is further swirling designs which flank these, leaving op…
Created on: Thursday 9th December 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 12th January 2022
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Record ID: DEV-2116A6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Four fragments of four different post medieval buckles, dating from AD 1600-1750. The first fragment is of a drilled spindle buckle, comprising a small part of the frame, with the nub for the spindle attachment visible. The second fragment is of the vertical side of a double looped buckle with a scalloped decoration, akin to DEV-76FBFC. The third fragment is from an elaborate and once silvered buckle, but again comprises only a small part of the frame, where the silvering and moulded decoration is visible. The fourth fragment is a slightly larger fragment compr…
Created on: Thursday 9th December 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 12th January 2022
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Record ID: DEV-E5DE84
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An extremely worn and corroded copper alloy and iron buckle dating to the medieval period, c. AD 1400-1500. The buckle is single looped, and the frame is a D shape in plan and flattened in cross section, with the large central pin adhered to the frame by corrosion. The surface is much pitted, and an iron oxide coating is present in some areas. It is fragile and fragmenting. Measurements: 35.1mm length, 26mm width, 5.3mm thickness, weight 12.05g.
Created on: Friday 12th November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 24th November 2021
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Record ID: DEV-E5C0E2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy buckle dating to the post medieval to modern period, c. AD 1650-1800. The buckle frame and pin survive in good ocndition. The buckle is double looped, rectangular in shape, with two D-shaped lobes placed symmetrically. The pin is formed of a single strip of wire which is wrapped around the central bar and tapers to a point. The bar itself is lozenge shaped in section, and the interior of the buckle frame is faceted. These small and neat buckles are closely associated with the 18th century and may have been used to secure shoes. Measurements: 23…
Created on: Friday 12th November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 24th November 2021
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Record ID: DEV-E5AAAD
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy buckle dating to the post medieval period, c. AD 1500-1700. The buckle frame is damaged, with c. 40% missing. The central bar and pin survive. It is double looped, with small pointed knops on either side of the flattened rectangular central bar. There is also a surviving trefoil knop at the centre of the verticle sides of the frame. The pin is formed of a single tapering strip of metal wrapped around the central bar. A similar and complete example is DEV-5A6402. Whitehead (1996: 48) no. 371 is a very similar example, dating from the 16th to 17th ce…
Created on: Friday 12th November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 24th November 2021
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Record ID: DEV-B1F222
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy buckle of Meols Type 6, dating to the medieval period, c. AD 1250-1450. Part of the buckle frame survives, but the remainder and the pin is missing. The part of the frame that survives is the ornate thickened section of the outer frame, with enough of the more slender frame to imply its D-shaped nature. The frame is decorated with evenly spaced grooves, and the terminals of this area appear more globular than the more rectangular central section. A similar and more complete example is HAMP-699137, which references another example pictured in Griff…
Created on: Wednesday 24th March 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 21st July 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bawdrip', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-B1C0C9
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy buckle dating to the medieval period, c. AD 1200-1400. The buckle frame survives, but the pin is missing. It is a single looped, irregular D-shape example, with a prominent triangular knop at the centre of the outer part of the frame, opposite the bar. It is flattened in cross section. There are additional raised ridges, two on each side of the knop, which act as further decoration. The strap bar is narrowed and offset, cylindrical in cross section. There is incised decoration on the knop, following the shape of the triangle and elaborating this with h…
Created on: Wednesday 24th March 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 21st July 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bawdrip', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-5AFBCD
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy annular buckle dating to the late medieval period, c. AD 1400-1650. The buckle frame survives, the pin is missing. It is double looped, with both loops crescentic in shape. The frame is rectangular in cross section with a bevelled inner edge. The central bar is trapezoidal in cross section. It has two subtle depressions in the outer edge of the right hand side of the frame, which may be caused by post depositional damage or may be deliberate. Whitehead (2002: 45) no. 256 is similar, and is dated from the late medieval to post medieval period. …
Created on: Thursday 11th February 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd February 2021
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Record ID: DEV-5A8C23
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy buckle of late medieval to early post-medieval date (1350-1520 AD), comprising the buckle frame and central bar. The buckle is double looped, with each loop formed of an outward facing D-shape. The frame is sightly angled with both loops extending upwards at an angle from the central bar. The right hand loop is slightly broader and more flattened than the left. This example is similar to Egan and Prichard (1991: 83) number 333, of which there are numerous other local examples on the database including DEV-081A29 and DEV-B95A1D. Measurements: 3…
Created on: Saturday 30th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd February 2021
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Record ID: DEV-33597C
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post medieval copper alloy buckle dating to c. AD 1600-1700. The buckle is single looped and slender, D-shaped in cross section, with an hourglass shape, albeit with uneven curves in the two long ertical sides. The pin is formed of a flattened strip of metal which is attached to the straighter side and tapers to a point. Measurements: 38.9mm length, 14.7mm width, 2.82mm thickness, weight 3.80g.
Created on: Thursday 17th September 2020
Last updated: Monday 27th September 2021
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Record ID: DEV-A5EE2E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy buckle dating to the medieval period, c. AD 1400-1500. The buckle is a single looped example missing its pin. It is D-shaped in plan, with a flattened inset bar and bevelled edge on the interior of the frame. There are indentations at each end of the bar, and file marks on the reverse. It is very similar to Whitehead (2003: 14) no. 39, which is dated to the later medieval period, with the caveat that such buckles are relatively generic and commonly found from later periods as horse equipment. The file marks make it more likely to be of medieval dat…
Created on: Monday 29th June 2020
Last updated: Monday 27th July 2020
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Record ID: DEV-E28851
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a silvered copper alloy buckle dating to the post medieval period, c. AD 1550-1700. The fragment is of part of the buckle frame. A thickening at one of the breaks implies that it is a single loop buckle. It is flattened in cross section, and oval in shape, with the outer part of the frame tapering to become thicker at the point of the pin rest. It is intricately decorated with a series of swirling motifs, which form waves either side of a central heart at the pin rest. There is a possible capital letter W incorporated within this design. It is plain and undecorated …
Created on: Wednesday 27th May 2020
Last updated: Saturday 6th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tatworth and Forton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-6EC76B
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy buckle dating to the post medieval period, c. AD 1500-1650. The pin is missing, but the frame survives. The frame is D shaped, albeit with an elaborated thickened frame opposite the bar. The frame is very slightly convex in cross section, while the bar is cylindrical. The bar has small flaring decorative knops on each of its horizontal sides, and an incised decoration of three transverse bands at the point of the pin rest. A similar example is depicted in Whitehead (1996) no 145. Measurements: 28.1mm length, 25.1mm width, 2.6mm thickness, we…
Created on: Thursday 21st May 2020
Last updated: Saturday 23rd May 2020
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Record ID: DEV-6E99B2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy single loop circular buckle with central bar dating to the medieval period, c. AD 1350-1500. The object is worn and affected by corrosion, and missing its pin. The frame is D-shaped in cross section and circular in form, athough the central bar is notably slender and flattened in cross section. It is similar although less well executed to DEV-6E81BF and to DEV-9C171E. Egan and Pritchard (1991: 65) no. 214 is similar. They describe this form of buckle as being commonly associated with the attachment of spurs, and date it to their ceramic phase 11, …
Created on: Thursday 21st May 2020
Last updated: Friday 22nd May 2020
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