Record ID: NLM-0D99B2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver possible buckle frame, as identified by the finder. A light single looped frame probably cut from sheet metal of thickness 1.1mm, with scalloped and slightly expanded outer edges. The symmetrical decoration recalls that of 18th-century knee or shoe buckles, though how this object could work is uncertain; there is no trace of a spindle or other provision for fastening, and it was clearly flimsy; perhaps a definition as a strap loop would be more satisfactory. The loop may simply have been threaded on a ribbon as a decorative costume feature. Now squashed. Suggested date: possibl…
Created on: Monday 11th November 2013
Last updated: Thursday 11th February 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-D4C938
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval silver buckle, consisting of an oval frame with surviving pin, and a plate folded over the bar of the frame, with a hole for the pin. The frame has a knop with punched decoration at each side of the bar; the pin has a collar with similar punched decoration at the loop around the bar. The rectangular plate is engraved with a zigzag line and series of single dots within an engraved border, along the sides and inside edge. The two rivets survive in the inside corners of the plate. One corner of the plate is damaged and bent. For a copper alloy example with similar engraved dec…
Created on: Friday 12th November 2010
Last updated: Thursday 14th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barnoldby le Beck', grid reference and parish protected.