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
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Record ID: LIN-89F702
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete early medieval Irish enamelled buckle plate dating to c.AD 600-900 The buckle plate is sub-triangular with concave edges, gently tapering to one end and terminating with a circular recess that would have held a setting. It is ornately decorated on one side with zoomorphic and geometric fields filled with alternating yellow and pale cream champlevé enamel. The plate is decorated with a pair of parallel open-jawed zoomorphic creatures depicted in profile, appearing to frame or 'bite' the circular recess. Inside the circular recess are faint concentric grooves an…
Created on: Monday 21st March 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 12th April 2022
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Record ID: WILT-41265C
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval copper alloy and enamel buckle, dating to c AD 650 - 750. It consists of the loop of what was probably a three-part buckle. Tongue and plate (which would have been integral to one another) and what was probably a sub-triangular body, are missing. The loop is sub-pelta shape with the outer edge possibly taking the form of two opposed stylised zoomorphic heads, raised up, their snake-like tails continuing around the loop and almost meeting at the attachment end. Below the raised heads is a half-round pin notch. The beasts are indicated by sub-rectangular and…
Created on: Monday 11th October 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 18th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Marlborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-0F748E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy single looped buckle with a separately attached plate. The plate is decorated with repoussé acanthus-style plant motif. It has a D-shaped single looped buckle with an off-set bar. The frame is convex at the front and flat at the rear. The buckle is decorated on the front with groups of incised lines - three across the frame at the centre of the outer edge (forming a pin-rest), two pairs of diagonal line towards the outer corner s of the frame and a pair of straight line on either side of the ends of the bar. Attached to the bar is the sheet metal plate. The plate has …
Created on: Monday 22nd June 2020
Last updated: Thursday 25th June 2020
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Record ID: KENT-61392E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, worn cast Early Mediaeval copper-alloy buckle plate of c. 8th - 9th century date. Description: The plate is a short rectangular in shape, measuring 22.04mm perpendicular to the hinged end and 23mm parallel to the hinged end. It is decorated with reticulate interlace on either side of the pin slot and bears a stylised figure in the centre. The figure is possibly male, but it is impossible to know who is depicted. The buckle plate has a small corroded rivet on its top left hand corner, which would have secured it to its underplate, now missing. This rivet has corroded …
Created on: Friday 28th June 2019
Last updated: Monday 1st July 2019
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Record ID: BERK-A3323D
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Medieval buckle dating to c. 1100 - 1300 AD. The buckle has a rectangular frame attached to a sub-rectangular plate. The pin is missing. The frame is rectangular in cross-section and is slightly bent inwards halfway down the outside edge. The plate comprises a rectangular central plate which folds back over the buckle frame to form a triangular terminal. Towards the attachment end it divides into three bars or prongs which extend slightly then narrowing to terminal expansions. As they divide they outline two arched openwork shapes. Each prong begins at the a…
Created on: Wednesday 19th June 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 19th June 2019
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Record ID: LIN-6530CC
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete late Roman (AD 350-450) copper-alloy zoomorphic buckle frame of Hawkes and Dunning type IB, missing its pin and pin bar. The frame is D-shaped and formed of two fairly abstract confronted dolphins, surmounted on the outside edge by a pair of outwards-facing horse-heads perched on their crests. The horse-heads have faceted edges to the front while the reverse is flat. The buckle frame itself has a curving edge to the front, and is flat to the back (D-shaped cross-section). Each dolphin has a punched circle for an eye and grooves delineating a head and body. The horses …
Created on: Tuesday 4th June 2019
Last updated: Thursday 11th July 2019
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Record ID: OXON-52F05A
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy single looped buckle of Late Anglo-Saxon date, c. AD 900-1100. The buckle has a D-shaped frame with integral strap bar. The upper side of the buckle has incised decoration in the Ringerike (Anglo-Scandinavian) style. The decoration comprises symmetrical interlace bodies and tendrils, the latter protruding from the rounded frame edge. The designs terminate in a stylised dolphin's head, the snout of which protrudes beyond the strap bar. The reverse of the buckle is plain and undecorated. The buckle is missing its pin. Similar buckles recorded on the PAS d…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd May 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Oxfordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-CF033C
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper alloy buckle frame dating to c. 1100-1300 AD. The figurine on the buckle is irregular in plan and cross-section. It is zoomorphic bearing the design of a winged lion or sphinx with serpent. The lion is standing on four feet with its head turned slightly to the left. The lion stands on a complete tubular bar. The bar joins the lions left and right paws together and is 10.3mm in length, and 3.2mm thick with a circular cross-section. Projecting from the lions back is an arched wing which has a pierced hole, possibly for use with an attachment. The lion's head consists o…
Created on: Thursday 28th March 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 19th June 2019
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Record ID: GLO-98F723
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy buckle with integral box chape. The box chape is rectangular in plan with two rivet holes at the rear. The topside is inscribed with a letter M (presumably for Mary) with a crosshatched background. The neck of the chape is narrowed and leads to a flanged transverse bar that is an equal width to the chape. The bar is decorated with two transverse and recessed lines and has a circular hole in the middle that holds the copper alloy pin. The frame of the buckle is a long trapezoid with a cordate shaped internal aperture; the sides are slightly concave with four protruding …
Created on: Monday 12th November 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 1st October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cotswolds', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-2D61D8
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Bath and North East Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy D-shape buckle that has a complex moulded frame. The front of the buckle is expanded to form a sub-triangular panel that has a moulded animal head on the top with hollowed circular ears, lentoid eyes below and a triangular snout forming the forward edge. Flanking this and forming the curving sides of the buckle is an arching beast on each side that face back towards the strap bar. The neck of each beast emanates from the side of the first facemask and is decorated with two recessed lines that run halfway down its length to the head. Behind the head and on the outside edge…
Created on: Wednesday 7th November 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 9th January 2019
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Record ID: SOM-63594D
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a Early Early-Medieval buckle plate, of Aquitanian-Frankish type. The piece is part of a flat plate with downturned edges giving a hollow back and now slightly bent in from each side. One end is complete and straight with two broken projecting rectangular bars which would have connected to the frame. Immediately below this edge are two circles marking the attachment point of bosses, now missing; the outer halves of which project from the sides of the plate widening it in this section, beyond the circles the plate continues with a rectangular section which ends in an irregular,…
Created on: Saturday 3rd February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 12th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pulham CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-E114D2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy Roman to early medieval buckle, plate and pin dating to 350-450 AD, Hawkes and Dunning type Ib. The buckle is D shaped, with two horse heads projecting from the outer loop. The horse heads face in different directions. Each head has decorated with incised lines depicting the horses' features, with a ring for an eye, and C shapes running down the mane and the neck of the animal. The mouth is open in a V shape. The loop of the buckle is raised above the horse heads, and has a triangular moulded groove for the pin rest. The rest of the loop is decorated with a continuing m…
Created on: Tuesday 16th January 2018
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2018
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Record ID: WMID-77F1F9
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible Early Roman copper-alloy pin from a buckle dating to circa AD 43-100. The object consists of a central stem with from which there are two upward curving arms terminating with a zoomorphic head. The central stem would presumably once have been perforated at the upper terminal however this detail is now lost. The head terminals face the central stem and have open mouths. There are incised eyes and ears featured. The object has a brown coloured patina across all surfaces. There is a comparative pin recorded on the PAS database; (BH-D52892) discovered in Buckinghams…
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2018
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
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Record ID: SF-3AE4A2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an early medieval (early Anglo-Saxon) silvered, garnet and gold foil inlaid triangular buckle plate. Only the outer end of the plate survives. This has a concave reverse with a rim c.3.3mm wide around its outer edges. The toe of the plate is circular in shape (11.94mm in diameter) with a small circular hole through its centre where a separate boss was most likely attached originally. Behind this the outer face of the plate is decorated with a rectangular recess, c.3mm wide, running along each edge with a raised section - trapezoidal in shape and expanding towards its out…
Created on: Friday 15th December 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-573A39
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
~~Copper alloy late roman buckle plate. This is roughly triangular in form and is decorated with an openwork pattern of three interconnecting trumpets, this is shown using a trefoil in the centre from which the trumpets emanates to curve round and finish with the bell of each trumpet terminating in a different corner. At the base of the plate is a transverse bar that holds two evenly spaced forward facing loops. These loops would have held the axis bar for the buckle. Openwork buckle plates decorated with trumpet motifs are vary rare finds with examples utilising simple or geometric …
Created on: Wednesday 24th May 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 1st April 2020
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Record ID: LANCUM-935214
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unidentified cast copper alloy fitting, probably part of a buckle, of later early medieval or medieval date 1000- 1100 AD. The fitting is highly decorative but its function is unknown (though it was probably part of a buckle). Two small rivet holes are present as is an axis bar, this could suggest function as a locking plate, strap end or possibly brooch. The artefact is sub-recangular in plan and D shaped in cross section. The reverse face is flat and undecorated. Two integrally cast D shaped lugs project from the narrow edge; these are pierced and an iron axis bar extends between…
Created on: Wednesday 15th March 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 8th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Heversham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-3B6EFF
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy zoomorphic D shaped buckle frame, of Early Medieval date, (AD 1000 to AD 1100). The object has a D-shaped frame which is oval in cross-section. The buckle loop is enlarged and tapers towards the strap bar which is off-set and narrowed. The outer face of the buckle frame is undecorated. Each end of the buckle frame is decorated with a stylised animal (dog or dolphin) head which grip the axis bar between their jaws. The animal has an elongated snout and circular depressions for eyes. The eyes may have been infilled with enamel however none survives. Behind the head is …
Created on: Tuesday 6th October 2015
Last updated: Friday 29th July 2016
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Record ID: LVPL-BFBC1E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) copper alloy buckle frame, probably dating from the 6th century. The frame is rectangular, with a single loop, thick edges and a recessed narrowed bar. The pin is missing. The underside of the buckle is flat and plain but the upper face is decorated with a curved recess either side of the notch for the pin. The recess contains seven raised triangles on each side. The recess would probably have been inlaid with decoration, perhaps in a zig-zag around the raised triangles. Damage at one side of the frame suggests that the inlay may have b…
Created on: Tuesday 8th July 2014
Last updated: Monday 13th April 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huxley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-71B7F1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy buckle frame of probable Late Roman date. It has a D-shaped on which two animals' heads confront each other over the bar. These animals are not chip-carved and their moulded decoraton was formed by casting. Each has a large, lentoid eye set within an oval frame. Behind each animal's head is a ruff-like collar moulding. The loop is flat sectioned and bears a band of cabled descoration wet between two plain bands. This object is difficult as it appears to be a Late Roman buckle of Hawkes and Dunning (1961) Type III but the cast decoration and forms of the heads is…
Created on: Thursday 29th May 2014
Last updated: Friday 15th May 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Horton-cum-Peel', grid reference and parish protected.