Record ID: SWYOR-EB6A14
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small medieval buckle dating from 1250-1400. The buckle has a single oval loop with two prominent lobed knops flanking three grooves. The pin bar is offset and narrowed and the back of the buckle is flat and undecorated. The buckle weighs 1.82g and measures 16.7mm in length, 16.2mm in width and 2.9mm in thickness.
Created on: Friday 25th August 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-C56602
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle, dating to the 17th century. The buckle is rectangular with a central circular sectioned pin bar. The pin remains intact and is a simple tapered length of copper wire wrapped around the central bar. The buckle has detailed cast decoration in the form of two cherubs, one at each end of the frame with the outside leg and arm raised around the corners of the frame. The top and bottom bars on the frame have detailed foliate decoration. The reverse of the frame is slightly hollow but undecorated. The frame weighs 6.31g and measures 31.35mm in length, 20.88mm in wid…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd August 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Towton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-633FF3
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy fragment of a Georgian shoe buckle dating to between 1720-1790. Only one side of the frame survives and is twisted out of shape. The frame is openwork style which became popular around 1750 and this particular style is known as Artois style. The piece of frame is made up of three flat length of metal attached together with small decorative lozenge shapes. The outer edge of the frame is thickened underneath and pierced for the spindle. The fragment weighs 6.48g and measures 53.7mm in length, 17.1mm in width and 17.9mm in thickness.
Created on: Tuesday 25th July 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Appleby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-6331C4
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Large copper alloy Georgian shoe buckle dating to between 1720-1790. The buckle is in good condition and has been silvered or tinned on the surface. The frame is rectangular in shape with rounded corners and a slight ridge around the outside edge for decoration; it is curved is section for fitting on a shoe. The buckle frame is drilled at each side for the spindle which would have held the buckle tongue. The buckle weighs 26.9g and measures 52.9mm in length, 46.4mm in width and approximately 10mm in thickness. A similar parallel can be seen in Ross Whitehead’s ‘Buckles 1250-18…
Created on: Tuesday 25th July 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Appleby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-99D155
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle dating to the medieval period (1250-1400). The buckle has an integrally cast decorative plate and may have functioned as a spur buckle. The loop is oval and the pin intact. The buckle plate has a rounded section at the loop end with a thin central section (in the middle of which is a small square plate) and terminates in a trefoil shape. The plate has a single copper alloy rivet at each end both of which protrude through to the back of the plate. The buckles weighs 5.3g and measures 49mm in length, 13.8mm in width and 5.6mm in thickness.
Created on: Friday 9th June 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Appleby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-DC09C5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Large copper alloy medieval annular buckle. The buckle has a simple plain circular frame (with a circular section). The frame has no restriction for a pin (so it can move freely around the frame) and is therefore is usually categorized as a buckle rather than a brooch. The brooch has the pin intact and this is cast. The pin has a sub-rectangular sectioned shaft and tapers to the tip. On the top of the pin there is a ridged grip moulding at the base near where the pin is curved around the frame. The buckle frame measures 41.34mm in diameter and 3.9mm in thickness and the pin measu…
Created on: Friday 19th May 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Saxton with Scarthingwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-877236
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Medieval buckle of 'disc-on-pin' variety dating to the later medieval period. The piece is the decorative pin part of the brooch and would have been set on an annular brooch (although this does not survive). Several similar examples have been recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme including SUR-04AFF5 and SF7957. The piece comprises a flat oval plate with five dome-headed copper alloy rivets which are non-functional and simply decorative. The brooch has been gilded with much of this remaining. The pin would have been attached onto the annular brooch but both side …
Created on: Monday 15th May 2006
Last updated: Monday 15th February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Harworth Bircotes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-F3C9C1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Sheffield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy cast double loop sword belt hanger. The buckle dates to between 1500 - 1630 and is oval in shape with a central bar. The buckle has an integrally cast circular suspension loop for use as a sword belt hanger. The loop on this example is set at right angles to the buckle frame indicating a 16th -early 17th century date (during the 14th & 15th centuries, the suspension loop on ths type of buckle, lies on the same plain as the buckle frame). The frame measures 53.8mm length, 39.23mm width and 11.8mm thickness and weighs 11.13g.
Created on: Monday 8th May 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stocksbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-D22484
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy circular buckle dating to the medieval period. The buckle has a simple single frame with no constriction for the pin (this is normally taken as an indication of a buckle rather than a ring brooch). The frame is plain and undecorated and the cast pin is complete. The pin is hooked around the frame but moves freely on it. It is square sectioned and tapers to a point. There is a transverse ridge between the pin loop and the shaft. The buckle weighs 10.52g and measures 35.13mm in diameter and 3.35mm in thickness. The pin measures 36.4mm in length and 9.5mm in thickness …
Created on: Wednesday 12th April 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Market Weighton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-BFEDE5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy cast buckle dating to from c.1620-1680. The buckle has a double looped trapezoidal frame with moulded decoration on the loops. The edges of the frame are bevelled to add to the decoration. The central pin bar is narrow and the buckle pin does not survive. One end of the frame has large winged extensions terminating in knops. The reverse of the buckle is flat. The buckle measures 28.77mm in length, 40.98 in width and 2.9mm in thickness. It weighs 7.4g. Direct parallels to this type of buckle can be seen in Ross Whitehead's 'Buckles 1250-1800' Nos. 526-8.
Created on: Thursday 30th March 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Low Santon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-C32736
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast, copper alloy buckle with a single loop frame and an integral, decorated buckle plate. The buckle dates to the Medieval period (AD1250-1400) and may be a spur buckle. The buckle frame is oval with an extended protruding lip (pin rest) on the outside edge. The buckle plate extends behind the frame and tapers to a sharp point. Usually on a spur buckle, there would be a hook on the end of the buckle plate. The plate has some herring-bone decoration on the front surface and there is evidence of gilding. There are three rivet holes on the plate; the first, situated at the frame end,…
Created on: Monday 6th March 2006
Last updated: Thursday 21st January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-461D25
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy post medieval double looped buckle. The buckle (shaped like a figure of eight) weighs 5.6g and measures 40.2mm in length, 23.3mm in width and 3.5mm in thickness. The buckle is slightly damaged and quite worn. The central pin bar has a break near to the buckle frame.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd November 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 12th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tickhill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-B57064
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval copper-alloy buckle frame in the shape of a deep hollow animal head with small upright ears, a small upturned nose and a large open mouth. The deeply furrowed features are created with cast grooves. The inside of the head is hollow, and the reverse is flat with no decoration, indicating that this part was not visible. The reverse is now cracked and incomplete. The sides of the buckle frame protrude from the underside of the animal head and are broken and worn, leading them to look a little like protruding horns; the bar is missing. The strap would have emerged from the anim…
Created on: Wednesday 16th November 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 9th January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Saxton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-A089C3
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle plate with gilt decoration probably dating to around 12th-13th century. The buckle plate is semi-circular and has three circular perforations for rivets set equidistant from each other; one has the rivet still intact. The rivet heads are raised and would have formed part of the decoration. Protruding from the straight edge of the plate there are two broken arms which form the remains of where the buckle frame would have been attached; it was probably attached through the loop created by the plate being folded back on itself. The front surface of the frame has re…
Created on: Tuesday 15th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Towton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-ABA4F5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy pin from a brooch or buckle, probably late medieval - post medieval in date. The pin is rectangular in section and tapers to a slightly rounded point. At the wider end there are the remains of a loop which would have attached the pin to the buckle/brooch (this would have been circular but half has broken away). On the top of the pin there is a small raised notch to prevent the pin from bending too far back on itself. The pin weighs 3.1g and measures 40.79mm in length, 7.9mm in width and 3.05mm in thickness.
Created on: Wednesday 28th September 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cadeby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-A9A0C3
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small copper alloy medieval D shaped buckle with an offset pin bar; possible a spur buckle. The outside edge has a central pin notch but the pin does not survive. The buckle has a separate plate formed from sheet copper alloy wrapped around the pin bar. The buckle plate has two rivet hole (one ant each end) where it would have been riveted around the leather belt of strap. On the reverse the end of the plate has broken away. The buckle measures 30.34mm in length, 12.62mm in width and 2.8mm in thickness and weighs 1.53g.
Created on: Wednesday 28th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cadeby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-A99785
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small copper alloy medieval D shaped buckle with an offset and narrowed bar. The buckle has an expanded and shaped outside edge with a central pin notch. The pin is intact and is formed of a single strip of copper alloy wrapped around the centre of the pin bar. The buckle measures 17.11mm in length, 17.57mm in width and 4.11mm in thickness and weighs 1.84g.
Created on: Wednesday 28th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cadeby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-DD1693
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy oval single loop buckle dating from 1350-1450. The buckle has an offset bar with the remains of an iron fitting around the centre (probably an iron pin). The frame has an expanded decorative outside edge with transverse grooves and flanking these, two small angled knops. The buckle weighs 4g and measures 20.21mm in length, 24.52mm in width and 5.45mm in thickness.
Created on: Thursday 25th August 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tickhill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-DD0ED2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small copper alloy, single loop oval buckle dating from 1350-1450. The buckle has an offset and narrowed bar. The bar had a central raised section with the area on either side worn down (possible where the strap has been). The outside edge of the frame is widened and decorated with a pointed lip with a transverse knop either side. The buckle weighs 3.13g and measures 16.41mm in length, 21.87mm in width and 5.8mm in thickness.
Created on: Thursday 25th August 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tickhill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-DCFB77
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small copper alloy cast buckle with integral plate dating from 1250-1500. The buckle has an oval shaped frame with an expanded outside edge. The buckle plate is triangular in shape with a single circular hole for the pin and a small copper alloy rivet for attachment at the centre. The buckle has broken across the frame into two pieces. The buckle weighs 1.53g and measures 26mm in length, 13mm in width and 4.6mm in thickness.
Created on: Thursday 25th August 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tickhill', grid reference and parish protected.