Record ID: NMGW-F9D602
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A outer edge from a cast buckle of an unusual type and depicting a face, probably of Medieval date (c. AD 1250 - 1400). The buckle has a small diameter and has broken at the hoop either side of the bezel. The bezel is thicker at the rear, and depicts a face, possibly anthropomorphic. The nose is raised and is slender; the eyes are recessed and circular. At the top of the head the hair is centre-parted. The sides of the head have a raised area with a central groove, possibly representing hair. The inside of the ring is smooth and worn. No good parallel has been found for this form …
Created on: Thursday 20th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 4th January 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-49AB5D
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an unidentified cast copper alloy object, likely a buckle of uncertain date. The object is plano-convex in section, with a flat reverse and convex obverse. The object terminates in a break at both ends, one across what is likely the 10.4mm wide centre of the buckle frame, the object curves from this point to the other break at the side of the frame. The obverse face is decorated with an incised groove running parallel to the outer edge. The object has a smooth dark green patina covered with speckled brown and green pitting and concretions. The object is relatively undia…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd August 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 29th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gobion fawr community', grid reference and parish protected.

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: NMGW-1F8607
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval copper alloy buckle, dating from c. AD 1250 to 1400. The buckle frame is circular in plan and measures 41.69mm in diameter. In cross section, the frame is oval and has no constriction for the pin, it measures 4.78mm wide and 4.22mm deep. The pin is oval in cross section and has an open loop attaching it to the frame. It is 46.31mm long and 4.75mm wide, narrowing to 3.71mm, and ending in a blunt point. The buckle has a grey patina with areas of blackening and pale copper-green corrosion.
Created on: Friday 3rd March 2023
Last updated: Sunday 30th April 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-A84A92
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of copper alloy folded sheet buckle plate of medieval date (c. 1350-1450 AD). The buckle plate consists only of a fragment of c. 1mm thick sheet, broken where it wraps around the pin, ending in a break 22mm away from the outside edge of the plate diagonally across the plate. The plate would have been rectangular, and the sides are parallel. Central to the outside edge of the plate is a 3.4mm wide slot for the pin. The object is coated by mineralised soil and has green patina. Length: 22mm Width: 22.7mm Thickness: 1mm Weight: 2.77g
Created on: Monday 14th February 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 25th October 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-60FC37
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near-complete copper alloy buckle and plate of Medieval date (c.AD 1250-1400). The buckle is cast and the plate is of sheet manufacture with a total length of 41.8mm. The frame is a single loop D-shaped type (measuring 19.4mm long x 18.1mm wide x 4.1mm thick) with two lobed knops with an oval section constriction/pin rest between them. The frame has a narrowed recessed bar and the the pin is missing, and it would seem likely that there was originally a roller on the outside edge between the two knops. The plate is constructed from a single piece of sheet copper alloy bent around the…
Created on: Wednesday 24th August 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 24th August 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-D89D4D
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle of 14th to 16th century date The buckle has an oval frame with ornate outside edge and a solid, integral plate and is missing the pin (with a slightly distorted length of 46.3mm and a weight of 16.5g). The outside edge is expanded and of sub-circular section with protruding rounded ends (giving a length of 26.3mm, a diameter of 6.6mm - 7.4mm). At the centre of the outside edge is a notch for the missing pin. The sides of the frame are convex and of slender rectangular section (with a maximum width to the frame of 28.3mm and with a section of 2.2mm wide a…
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-029A59
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy oval framed buckle with roller, probably of 14th or 15th century date The buckle frame is complete but missing the pin and possibly a separate plate and is comparatively small (with a length of 18.9mm, a width of 17.4mm and a weight of 2.7g). The outside edge of the frame is ornate and is of sub-circular section (4.2mm thick, 5.0mm wide and 15.0mm long). The ends protrude slightly and have a rounded point. The centre is narrowed to accommodate the separate sheet copper alloy roller, enhanced with three raised ribs, which are flanked by punched marks. The sides o…
Created on: Friday 23rd February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-1CD116
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle frame of 13 to 15th century date The cast buckle frame is missing any folded sheet plate it may have had and it’s pin and is of oval from (with a length of 20.7mm, a width of 23.8mm and a weight of 3.1g). The outside edge of the frame is widened with a notch for the pin. The frame is of rounded sub-rectangular section (with a thickness of 2.5mm – 3.1mm and a width of 2.3mm – 4.3mm). The rounded bar is off-set and of sub-rectangular section (2.7mm x 3.8mm). The min pin has left ferrous corrosion staining on the bar and outside edge of the frame. …
Created on: Wednesday 27th January 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-1D8A07
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy and enamel object of likely Early Medieval date. The object appears to be largely complete apart from patches of surface loss, minor edge damage and the loss of the outer parts of the reverse perforated lugs. The object consists of a plate with uneven thickness and a slightly curved profile. In plan it is rectangular with one end rounded the other end rectilinear, the rounded end terminating with a projecting circular knop. The obverse of the object is decorated with geometric motifs executed in champlevé enamel. The design is executed in two mai…
Created on: Tuesday 21st June 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd June 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-B91E21
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy double looped buckle frame of Post Medieval date (c.17th-18th century AD). The frame is sub-rectangular in plan and plano-convex in profile with rounded corners and ornate outer edges with lips around the pin rest on each side. The central bar retains some of the pin. The reverse is plain and undecorated. The overall dimensions are 36.3mm long, 25.5mm wide, and a max of 6.7mm thick at the centre. The object is a mottled brown and green patina and weighs 7.08g.
Created on: Monday 22nd November 2021
Last updated: Monday 20th June 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-E14C91
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near-complete copper alloy Medieval buckle (c. AD 1400-1500). The buckle consists of the frame and the end of the pin, the rest of the pin lost to old damage. The frame is roughly circular in plan and plano-convex in section (c.46.8mm diameter, 4.1mm thick). The frame is divided by a central bar that is sub-triangular in section and flush with the frame. The surviving portion of the pin is made of a rectangular strip of copper alloy (4.6mm wide) looped around the bar. Two integrally cast and asymmetrical decorative arms project outwards (length: 16.6mm from one side of the outer ed…
Created on: Monday 6th June 2022
Last updated: Thursday 16th June 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-BA78E8
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy buckle of Medieval date (c. 1300-1450). The buckle consists of a single sub-circular loop frame with central bar with overall measurements of 30.7mm long x 28.8mm wide with a max thickness of 2.4mm. The frame is missing the pin. The negative space in the frame is asymmetrical, whether this was intentional or not is unclear. The buckle is decorated on both ends with unevenly spaced incised lines transverse along both ends of the frame. The outside edge is flares out and is more ornate, uneven in width with unevenly spaced incised transverse lines. From the ornate ou…
Created on: Wednesday 10th November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 13th April 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-61FF5C
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy buckle frame of Medieval date (c.1300-1400 AD). The buckle is a frame is single looped and D-shaped in plan with total dimensions of 18.1mm wide x 13.1mm long x 2.5mm thick. The bar is recessed and missing the pin. The buckle is decorated on the obverse with small drilled holes arranged in a single line around the frame with a serrated outer edge. The outer edge is further decorated by an incised line that runs along the buckle frame and terminates at the bar. The reverse is flat, plain and undecorated. The metal is a dark green mottled patina with patc…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd February 2022
Last updated: Monday 28th February 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-7835D2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy buckle of medieval date (c. 1150-1400 AD). The buckle consists only of an oval frame with offset narrowed bar and an ornate outside edge. There is no evidence of a plate and the pin is missing. The outside edge is decorated by four knops, two larger flanking and two smaller central separated by a groove, which forms the notch for the pin. The top and bottom edges of the frame are chamfered inside and out, and recurve to simple mouldings either side of the offset narrowed bar. The mouldings are executed on both the front and back of the frame, leaving t…
Created on: Tuesday 7th September 2021
Last updated: Thursday 23rd September 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-782C41
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy buckle of medieval date (c. 1150-1400 AD). The buckle consists only of an oval frame with offset narrowed bar. There is no evidence of a plate and the pin is missing. The outside edge of the frame is expanded, but not lipped (5.6mm wide) with a notch for the pin. The frame narrows to 2.5mm at the top and bottom edges of the frame before recurving to simple mouldings either side of the offset, narrowed bar (c. 1.6mm thick). The reverse of the frame has no mouldings or decoration, but does show possible use wear on the outside edge of the frame. The objec…
Created on: Tuesday 7th September 2021
Last updated: Thursday 23rd September 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-783C55
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy buckle of medieval date (likely 14th century AD).The buckle consists only of a small rectangular frame with a narrowed bar and two grooves flanking the notch for the pin on the expanded outside edge. There is no evidence of a plate and the pin is missing. The frame is slightly trapezoidal, but with somewhat convex top and bottom edges. The top and bottom edges have a small ridge at each corner, which is typical of 14th century buckles. The object bears a dark patina, with small areas of the original green patinated surface.
Created on: Tuesday 7th September 2021
Last updated: Thursday 23rd September 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-EC906C
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Medieval sheet buckle plate of late 12th to 13th century date. The object is broken in half at the fold with only one plate surviving. The buckle plate is rectangular (17.8mm long x 16.5mm wide x 2mm thick) folded sheet plate with a slot cut for the pin and recessed from the frame on outer edges. The front depicts a zoomorphic figure. The back is plain and undecorated. The end of the plate is perforated by two rivet holes 1mm in diameter. The plate is gilded and the front is decorated with a die-stamped zoomorphic figure arranged centrally within a raised rectiline…
Created on: Wednesday 14th July 2021
Last updated: Friday 10th September 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-4D4D62
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy double loop buckle of later Medieval or Post Medieval date (c.1400-1600 AD). The surface shows some corrosion and is broken at the integral bar; therefore, it is missing one of its loops. Presumably the buckle was originally circular or near-circular. The pin is still extant, consisting of a pointed strip bent around the bar. It measures 18.08mm in length and 12.32mm in width; and is 1.62 grams in weight.
Created on: Tuesday 24th August 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 24th August 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-86C103
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman cast copper alloy military buckle, probably dating from the mid 2nd to 3rd century AD. The buckle is incomplete with a surviving length of 43.1mm and is missing the bar and end of the plate. The buckle plate has a maximum width of 21.0mm, a maximum thickness of 4.8mm and weighs 12.2g. The missing bar was likely to have been made of iron (as evidenced by iron corrosion staining) and was secured by two loops of 2mm internal diameter. The attachment loops are each of dimensions 5.5 x 4.5 x 4.5mm. The upper face of the plate is convex and is decorated with incised or cut lines and ce…
Created on: Monday 16th May 2005
Last updated: Monday 9th August 2021
Spatial data recorded.