Record ID: NMGW-A3B6C7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy buckle probably of 2nd to 3rd century date The buckle frame is complete but the pin is missing (with a length of 32.8mm and a weight of 5.7g). The strap was attached around a rectangular slot (16.4m long and 8.2mm wide, 11.0mm x 3.2mm internal) at the rear of the buckle of rectangular section (2.0mm thick). The buckle has a minimum width (of 11.5mm) before expanding to the curved outside edge (with a maximum width of 26.5mm). The frame is of sub-triangular section (3.0m thick) and has a decorative C-scroll in the interior, flanking either side of the bar. The bar…
Created on: Friday 11th March 2011
Last updated: Friday 18th May 2012
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Record ID: NMGW-9210B8
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Roman to early Medieval copper alloy buckle of Hawkes and Dunning Type IB (1961) of late 4th to early 5th century AD date. The buckle is missing the pin, but is otherwise complete and has an overall length of 17.2mm and a width of 13.1mm. The buckle is D-shaped with protruding zoomorphic decoration, comprising back-to-back horse head decoration positioned on the outside edge of the frame. The features of the horse are defined by incised lines representing the mane and mouth and punched ring-and-dot for the eye. The outside edge of the frame has moulded decoration and two punched …
Created on: Tuesday 27th September 2005
Last updated: Saturday 15th December 2012
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Record ID: NMGW-95D7B1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Newport
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy buckle with trapeziform extension. The buckle is flat on both faces but the hoop is more rounded on the front. The sides of the extension are faceted. The loop is ovoid with the ends curved back upon themselves forming a decorative scroll design. The central bar is slight and appears worn. There is a slight wear facet where the now missing pin met the frame. The extension has a rectangular opening before a rectangular terminal with a fairly irregular slot which would have housed the belt tongue. The end bar is rounded in profile. The rectangular terminal has notched s…
Created on: Monday 7th July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-2C8F7E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Late Roman copper alloy zoomorphic buckle of Hawkes and Dunning type IA. The buckle is fragmentary, represented by a half of the outside of the frame, or possibly one of the inner scroll terminals (with a surviving length of 24.2mm, a surviving width of 26.0mm and a weight of 10.0g). At the base of the fragment is the broken basal part of the frame of D-shaped section (4.8mm wide and 3.7mm thick) which has a broken lug, likely to have been attached to the bar. The interior frame is of moulded dolphin form and although a break is not obvious, it is possible that there was a pellet at …
Created on: Thursday 18th June 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 28th June 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Detecting Wales Rally Near Moorlinch, Street', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-E718C4
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy military buckle of 'Kidney-bean' type with internal scroll and stepped-strap connector of 2nd century AD date The buckle is near-complete, missing the pin and one of the scroll terminal (with an overall length of 41.5mm and a weight of 12.4g). The outside edge of the frame is of sub-rectangular section (3mm wide and 3.4mm thick) and is re-curved back to the neck (with a maximum width of 33.6mm). The frame continues into the interior of the buckle with a scroll either side of the missing pin. The bar is circular sectioned (1.5mm diameter and 5.7mm long). The nec…
Created on: Tuesday 20th January 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 1st April 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-1ED1A1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Roman copper alloy buckle, probably of 4th or early 5th century date (Worrell 2010, 416, no. 1, fig. 3). The buckle is complete, comprising a frame, pin or tongue and plate (with an overall length of 97mm and a weight of 72.8g). The buckle frame is zoomorphic with two horse's heads facing each other and meeting at the centre (with a maximum thickness of 5.5mm). The ears of the horse protrude at the sides (producing a maximum width for the frame of 42.9mm). The snouts of the horses expand towards their ends and are separated by moulded grooves, defining a central rounded knop. The…
Created on: Tuesday 30th March 2010
Last updated: Friday 24th February 2012
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Record ID: NMGW-AD8545
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy military buckle of Varian type with internal scroll and iron strap connector of probably of 1st century AD date The buckle is near-complete, missing the pin and iron bar (with an overall length of 23.2mm and a weight of 3.2g). The outside edge of the frame is of D-shaped section (4.6mm wide and 2.9mm thick) and is decorated with central mouldings with an internal groove to accommodate the missing pin. Either side of the mouldings are rounded rectangles containing a central dot. Transverse grooves decorate the rest of the outside of the frame. The sides of the frame…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 11th July 2023
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Record ID: NMGW3114
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy double-looped oval buckle with angled frame. There is a moulded decoration on the frame and lobed knops at either end of the narrowed strap bar. Dimensions 29mm x 24mm, weight 5 grams. Sixteenth to mid seventeenth century. For a close parallel cf. Whitehead 1996, 56, no.323).
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW119
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy, slightly angled, undecorated double oval frame with bevelled edges. Dimensions 33 x 23mm, thickness 2mm.
Created on: Thursday 9th September 1999
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Llandegveth area, Monmouthshire', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMGW120
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy, undecorated, rounded D-shaped buckle frame with splayed feet and narrowed bar. Dimensions 30mm x 27mm, thickness 1-1.5mm.
Created on: Thursday 9th September 1999
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Llandegveth area, Monmouthshire', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMGW121
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Newport
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy, D-shaped single-looped buckle with flat, knopped frame and narrowed bar. Dimensions 27 x 26mm, thickness 1.5mm.
Created on: Thursday 9th September 1999
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Caerleon area, South Wales', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMGW339
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Stamped copper alloy (bronze or brass) buckle of sub-rectangular shape with a wide frame. The frame is decorated with stamped impressions of small tokens which imitate ancient coins. There are four types of token/coin impression including: a pious pelican, a horse and rider, a male classical bust looking right and a female classical bust looking left. The buckle is fitted with an open rectangular-shaped chape and three short tongues. It is a knee buckle of eighteenth century date. Tight fitting breeches that were buttoned or buckled below the knee were the fashion for men between about…
Created on: Thursday 12th April 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW349
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Created on: Thursday 12th April 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-ADDE67
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Cast ornate copper alloy buckle with a double oval frame, probably dating to the from the 17th or 18th century. The frame has scrolled mouldings at the missing iron bar, and further decorative mouldings forming the pin notch. The frame has a rounded upper face with a flat back. The buckle was originally gilded.
Created on: Tuesday 8th July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-ADFAE8
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy buckle with an asymmetrical double loop frame, probably dating to the from the 16th to 18th century. The buckle incorporates an oval frame on one side with a rectangular frame the other. The oval side has a D shaped cross section with knops on the outside edge of the frame, and is otherwise plain. The rectangular side, including the bar has a rectangular or trapezoidal cross section and a series of decorative chevron moulding on the outside edge of the frame. The buckle was originally tinned or silvered.
Created on: Tuesday 8th July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-AE2B32
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy oval buckle with a simple frame and central bar of iron, now missing, probably of 17th or 18th cetury date. The buckle has a flat back with bevelled sides and has a rounded front face with vertical inner sides. The frame is plain.
Created on: Tuesday 8th July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-25EE72
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Medieval or Post Medieval lead alloy or pewter buckle frame fragment. The fragment is flat and is likely to be from an ornate double oval buckle. The upper face is decorated on each knop with a moulded reversed scroll. The fragment has broken at the centre (bar) and at the top and bottom. Remnants of silvering or tinning survive on the rear of the buckle.
Created on: Wednesday 12th November 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-17B95A
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Published
Post medieval copper alloy buckle of mid-16th to mid-17th century date The cast buckle frame is of rectangular form (33.7mm long, 46.1mm wide and weighing 18.7g) and is complete except for the pin. The integral outside edge resembles a roller and is decorated with diagonal notches either side of a central notch for the pin. The underside of the outside edge is bevelled. The sides have two rounded lobes, with a larger lobe near the bar (9mm deep and 5.4mm thick). The bar is offset and narrowed. The surface is unpatinated, tarnished 'bronze'.
Created on: Wednesday 17th June 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 17th June 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-439668
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Post medieval copper alloy buckle, probably of 17th century date The cast buckle is of unusual three-dimensional and asymmetric form (with a length of 32.5mm, a height of 17mm and a weight of 4.9g). The outside of the frame is curved and bevelled (with a thickness of 1.69mm) with a notch to accommodate the missing pin. The sides are near-straight and parallel (with a width of 15.8mm). Towards the rear is the bar with adhering iron corrosion, suggesting that the missing pin was iron. The attachment end of the frame deepens and at the apex is an angled tab, which depicts a bird in fl…
Created on: Monday 14th October 2019
Last updated: Monday 14th October 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-D43403
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval copper alloy buckle, dating from the mid-14th to the mid-15th century The buckle comprises an oval, lipped frame with a folded sheet plate. The buckle is near-complete, missing some of the pate and the end of the pin (with an overall, distorted length of 33.7mm and a weight of 2.7g). The oval frame (with a length of 17.8mm and a width of 19.1mm) is of trapezoidal section on the outside edge (2.9mm thick), becoming sub-rectangular on the sides. The lip has a prominent notch for the pin. The bar is narrowed and offset. The pin is of circular, tapering section (2.1mm maximum dia…
Created on: Tuesday 4th March 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.