Record ID: NMS-DA7C1E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Saxon silver, gilded buckle pin. D-sectioned pin, recessed on the underside for the (missing) frame, the broken loop emerging from the mouth of a stylised animal head with small round ears, shallow brow ridge, dots for eyes and a slightly up-turned snout. The loop is rectangular-sectioned, curved internally, and flattened on the base externally before the break. Only the animal head has been gilded. Length 23mm. Thickness 4mm. Weight 3.1g. No very close parallel has been found. Circa 550 - 700 (Andrew Rogerson pers. com.).
Created on: Tuesday 1st December 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 15th March 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barnham Broom', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-901446
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval to early post-medieval silver annular buckle. Circular-sectioned frame with soldered but joint, no constriction and undecorated. The pin is rectangular-sectioned, with a slightly raised moulding incised or stamped with a tiny cross at the base, beyond which the upper face of the pin is bevelled on both edges. External diameter 20mm. Internal diameter 13mm. Thickness 3mm. Weight 4.0g. 13th - 16th century.
Created on: Thursday 25th April 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 12th November 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Walsham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-A14BA2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver buckle. Rectangular frame with rounded corners, expanded drilled sides for the separate corroded iron spindle around which the ends of the button chape are folded. Pin missing. There is a stamped maker's mark on the chape next to the spindle of a lion passant. Frame 18 x 14mm. Chape 16mm long. Weight 2.4g. For a similar example see Whitehead (2003, 103, no.633) dated 1690 - 1720.
Created on: Tuesday 12th February 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd September 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-874D33
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver buckle consisting of an oval lipped frame, composite hollow rigid plate, and cast pin with a transverse ridge and side flanges next to the loop. The plate consists of a forked spacer and separate sheets, and there are two convex-headed rivets near the concave inside edge. Leather is preserved within the plate. Length 30mm. Width of frame 16.5mm. Width of plate at inside edge 13mm, at junction with frame 12mm. Weight 3.51g. The form and method of construction are the same as those of copper alloy examples, well dated in London to c.1350 - c.1450 (Egan and Pritchard 1991…
Created on: Monday 25th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 7th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nr Narford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-8B5A92
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Early Anglo-Saxon silver buckle, treasure case 2011T835. Description: Oval frame of oval cross-section, with slight groove following the inside edge, probably the result of hammering during manufacture. There is a broad grooved pin rest on the outside edge and a narrowed bar. The pin is cast and D-shaped in cross-section, with a raised square on top of the loop; it is curved at the tip to fit over the frame. The plate is made from a piece of rectangular sheet folded in two, with the lower half narrower and the upper half a little broader with the corners recessed. A groove forms a b…
Created on: Friday 2nd December 2011
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barnham Broom', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-ABEC90
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A silver buckle. An oval frame, triangular sectioned, with a pointed notch for the pin. Off-set, narrowed bar, with a lozengiform sectioned pin with a large, rectangular collar before the loop attaching it to the bar. The rectangular plate is folded widthways, is recessed for the frame and expands slightly towards the concave attachment end where there are two round-headed rivets. There are separate side strips. No spacer is visible. The joins between the side strips and faces of the plate, and between the frame and the plate are so well finished they are almost invisible. Similar to …
Created on: Monday 23rd November 2009
Last updated: Friday 2nd March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Postwick', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-87AFC5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a shoe buckle. A silver stud chape, bent, the loops broken. c.1660-1720. Measuring (unbent) 19 x 10mm.
Created on: Thursday 23rd July 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 24th May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barsham', grid reference and parish protected.