Record ID: WILT-7AB040
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval cast copper alloy oval single loop buckle with composite rigid plate; only the integral forker spacer of the plate remains, and the pin is missing. The buckle frame has an elongated ovoid knop on the outer edge opposite the plate, and the outer edge is bevelled. The pin bar section is slightly raised, indicating the plates would not have covered it, and it is notched to allow for a pin. After the pin bar the spacer thins slightly and becomes forked into two long and narrowing spikes. The buckle is covered in a dark-green patina. Buckles with composite rigid plates date to th…
Created on: Friday 28th August 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 30th August 2016
Spatial data recorded.