Record ID: SOM-6BE638
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy buckle of probable late medieval or early post-medieval date. The asymmetrical double loop buckle measures 56.1mm by 19.4mm by 4mm and weighs 7.2g. The strap bar is narrowed and off-set and at each end of it the frame has a small external knop. One side of the rounded frame is larger than the other and there is a large projection from the centre of the outside edge on both side of the frame. These appear to be loosely zoomorphic, with one side moulded to represent a stylised head and shoulders and the other side a flared, possibly feathered, tail. In the centre of t…
Created on: Friday 25th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Stour', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-523936
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy buckle of probable thirteenth to fourteeth century date. The simple frame oval buckle measures 14.8mm by 22.6mm by 3.4mm and weighs 2.3g. It has an offset and narrowed strap bar and a thicker outside edge. The tapering pin is wrapped around the strap bar and is decorated with two tranverse grooved lines adjacent to the loop. Similar buckles can be seen in Egan and Pritchard's 'Dress Accessories: Medieval Finds from Excavations in London' (1991, pp. 68-70, nos. 271, 274 and 277).
Created on: Friday 29th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-BB0BB4
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An enamelled cast copper alloy buckle of mid to late seventeenth century date. The rectangular double loop buckle measures 39.6mm by 26.4mm by 3.3mm and weighs 9.8g. The outside edges are trefoil-shaped and there are external knops at each end of the narrowed strap bar. The pin is missing. The front of the buckle is decorated with moulded scrollwork and in between the raised scrolls the recesses are filled with black and white enamel. According to Geoff Egan, the manufacurers of these buckles also produced enamelled buttons, stirrups and ornate candlesticks. This material was being …
Created on: Monday 16th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-57D055
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy buckle of post-medieval date. The rectangular double loop buckle measures 38.3mm by 22.2mm by 1.7mm and weighs 3.8g. The frame has pointed outside edges and an external semi-circular knop at each end of the narrowed central bar. The pin is missing and there is a slight linear groove in the centres of both side knops. The back is flat and undecorated. There are traces of silvering or tinning in some areas. A similar buckle from Newton Abbot in Devon can be seen in Read's 'History Beneath our Feet' (1995, p. 144, no. 929). This example has been dated to c. 1600-50.
Created on: Friday 17th August 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 9th November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fivehead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-581A14
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small cast copper alloy buckle of medieval date. The D-shaped simple frame measures 21.9mm by 25.8mm by 2.8mm and weighs 4g. The outer edge is the widest part of the buckle; the strap bar is narrowed. The frame has a flat back and a slightly convex front. It is undecorated with the exception of an incised pin rest in the centre of the outside edge. This buckle probably dates from the fourteenth or fifteenth century.
Created on: Friday 17th August 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 9th November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Curry Rivel', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-938AF7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast and sheet copper alloy buckle of probable early post-medieval date. The circular buckle has a sheet plate which is rectangular with rounded corners. It measures 37.8mm by 20.1mm by 2.4mm and weighs 7.3g. The buckle's outside edge has a projecting central knop. This is oval with a pointed end and is decorated with several incised lines. A corresponding knop on the other side of the frame has broken off. The buckle's central bar is slightly narrowed and iron corrosion in this area suggests that the pin was made from iron. At the end of the plate there is a large copper…
Created on: Thursday 13th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Crewkerne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-93D045
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy buckle of probable thirteenth to fourteeth century date. The simple frame oval buckle measures 17.6mm by 23.1mm by 4mm and weighs 3.8g. It has an offset and narrowed strap bar and a thicker outside edge. The tapering pin is wrapped around the strap bar and is decorated with two tranverse grooved lines adjacent to the loop. Similar buckles can be seen in Egan and Pritchard's 'Dress Accessories: Medieval Finds from Excavations in London' (1991, pp. 68-70, nos. 271, 274 and 277).
Created on: Thursday 13th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Crewkerne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-93F276
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy buckle of probable seventeenth century date. The trapezoidal frame measures 46.4mm by 26.4mm by 2.8mm and weighs 8.8g. It has pointed ends and lobed knops at the angles of the frame at at each end of the strap bar. The pin is wrapped around the bar and tapers to a blunt point. The buckle has been tinned or silvered. A similar buckle features in Whitehead's 'Buckles 1250-1800' (2003, p. 83, no. 516).
Created on: Thursday 13th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-4024F2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Bath and North East Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy annular buckle of medieval date. The buckle measures 34.6mm in diameter and the circular cross-section has a diameter of 14.3mm. It weighs 7g. The circular frame is undecorated and there is no constriction for the pin, which has been separately cast. One end of the pin has been bent to form a loop which is wrapped around the frame and the other end tapers slightly towards the rounded end.
Created on: Friday 21st September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Harptree', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-8D0111
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy buckle of probable late medieval to early post medieval date. The rectangular double loop buckle measures 24.5mm by 23.7mm by 2.6mm and weighs 4.2g. It has a narrowed strap bar and bevelled outer edges which are decorated with incised hatching. The pin is missing. The frame has a slight forwards curve.
Created on: Tuesday 25th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cerne Abbas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-905921
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy buckle of probable seventeenth or early eighteenth century date. The curvilinear double loop buckle measures 44.6mm by 29mm by 2.4mm and weighs 6.1g. At each end of the narrowed strap bar there are external trefoils and there is a moulded rosette or flower on each side of the frame. Corrosion in the centre of the strap bar suggests the pin was made of iron. A similar buckle can be seen in Whitehead's 'Buckles 1250-1800' (2003, p. 71, no. 444). This example has been dated between c. 1600 and 1720.
Created on: Tuesday 25th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bishops Hull', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-9122A3
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy buckle of probable sixteenth or early seventeenth century date. The buckle measures 44.1mm by 26.9mm by 2.6mm and weighs 7.5g. The rectangular frame has pointed outside edges and a small knop at each end of the narrowed central bar. The pin is wrapped around the bar and tapers towards the point where it has broken. The buckle is undecorated. Two similar buckles feature in Whitehead's 'Buckles 1250-1800' (2003, p. 55, nos. 314 and 315).
Created on: Tuesday 25th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Taunton Manor and Wilton DW', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-914961
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An cast copper alloy buckle of probable late sixteenth or seventeenth century date. The incomplete asymmetrical double loop buckle measures 52mm by 76.2mm by 2.6mm and weighs 13.3g. The incomplete loop would have been rectangular and the surviving loop has rounded ends and a pointed central outer edge. At each end of the central bar there is a worn knop. The pin is missing. A similar but more complete example can be seen in Whitehead's 'Buckles 1250-1800'. This example has been dated to c. 1575-1700 (1996, p. 90, no. 559).
Created on: Tuesday 25th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bishops Hull', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-918638
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy buckle of probable seventeenth century date. The incomplete rectangular double loop buckle measures 24.6mm by 33.5mm by 3mm and weighs 6.9g. Just over half of the buckle survives including part of the pin. On the exterior of each angle there is a projecting knop and at each end of the narrowed strap bar there are further external knops. The broken pin has been bent around the frame.
Created on: Tuesday 25th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bishops Hull', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-91A581
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy buckle of probable sixteenth or early seventeenth century date. The single loop D-shaped buckle measures 20.6mm by 27mm by 2.2mm and weighs 2.7g. It has a rounded outer edge, slightly concave sides and a cuvilinear moulding along the top and bottom of the frame.The strap bar is narrowed and the pin is missing.
Created on: Tuesday 25th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Taunton Manor and Wilton DW', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-91C5F6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy buckle of probable sixteenth or early seventeenth century date. The single loop D-shaped buckle measures 36.3mm by 24.1mm by 6.2mm and weighs 6.2g. It has a rounded outer edge with a large external crescentic knop, slightly concave sides and a narrowed and recessed strap bar. The pin is missing.
Created on: Tuesday 25th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Taunton Manor and Wilton DW', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-91DD46
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy buckle of probable sixteenth or early seventeenth century date. The single loop D-shaped buckle measures 23.7mm by 24mm by 3.1mm and weighs 3.5g. It has a rounded and bevelled outer edge and a narrowed strap bar. The outer edge is decorated with an incised longitudinal linear. The pin is missing.
Created on: Tuesday 25th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bishops Hull', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-91F254
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy buckle of probable seventeenth century date. The rectangular double loop buckle measures 35.9mm by 27.8mm by 2mm and weighs 5.9g. The front of the brooch is decorated with a moulded geometric design consisting of ovals and pellets. The back is slightly concave. The strap bar is narrowed and the corrosion in this area indicates that the pin was made from iron.
Created on: Tuesday 25th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Taunton Manor and Wilton DW', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-920892
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy buckle of probable late sixteenth or seventeenth century date. The assymetrical double loop buckle measures 22.8mm by 17.1mm by 1.5mm and weighs 1.6g. One side of the frame is rounded and the other side is squared. The front is slightly convex and the back is flat. The strap bar is narrowed and the pin is missing. The buckle is slightly distorted.
Created on: Tuesday 25th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Taunton Manor and Wilton DW', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-922051
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A distorted cast copper alloy buckle of probable late sixteenth or seventeenth century date. The assymetrical double loop buckle measures 19.1mm by 16.2mm by 1.4mm and weighs 1.3g. One side of the frame is rounded and the other side is squared with a slight trefoil shape. This part of the frame is decorated with an incised longitudinal line. The buckle's strap bar is narrowed and the pin is missing.
Created on: Tuesday 25th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Taunon Manor and Wilton DW', grid reference and parish protected.