Record ID: NMGW-980133
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle of oval framed form with a narrowed and offset bar of 13th to 15th century date The frame is complete (with a length of 20.7mm, a width of 23.5mm and a weight of 2.6g) and is of sub-rectangular section (1.8mm thick). The outside edge is slightly widened (at 2.7mm wide) and is without a lip for the pin. The terminals at the end of the narrowed offset bar, protrude to the rear slightly and may have been zoomorphic beast's heads but are now heavily worn and corroded. No other decoration is evident on the buckle. The pin is of D-shaped section with straig…
Created on: Friday 6th March 2015
Last updated: Saturday 1st September 2018
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Record ID: NMGW-97F107
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy buckle frame of 16th to early 17th century date The buckle frame of double-looped, asymmetric form and is near-complete, missing the pin but is distorted (with a length of 56.0mm and a weight of 18.2g). The outside loop is oval, while the loop at the attachment end is sub-rectangular. The frame is decorated on the outside edge and o the sides of the mid-part with cast fleur-de-lis devices. The sides and outside edge of the frame are of sub-rectangular section (2.6mm - 3.5mm thick and 4.4mm wide). The bar across the mid-section is of sub-triangular secti…
Created on: Friday 6th March 2015
Last updated: Friday 6th March 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-057904
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late medieval to Post medieval copper alloy buckle of 14th to 16th century date The buckle frame is of trapezoidal form with a concave outer edge (with a length of 24.7mm, a width at the outside edge of 22.7mm, a width at the bar of 16.1mm and a weight of 4.4g). The frame is of sub-square section (3mm square). The corners of the outside edge are decorated with diagonal grooves. The frame is damaged at the centre of the outside edge, removing any decoration of notch for the pin. The sides of the frame are gently concave and convergent to the sub-circular sectioned bar. The pin is …
Created on: Friday 27th February 2015
Last updated: Friday 27th February 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-F0CDB3
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle plate of 14th or 15th century date The buckle is fragmentary, represented by the incomplete folded sheet metal plate only (with a surviving length of 29.0mm and a weight of 2.8g). The plate is corroded with some peripheral loss but was rectangular and had a slot for the pin. The corners were recessed to accommodate the missing frame. The folded strips flanking the slot are now broken and incomplete. The plate was attached to the belt by two attachment rivets (of 1.6mm diameter), both positioned near the attachment end. The strap between the plates re…
Created on: Thursday 26th February 2015
Last updated: Thursday 26th February 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-E03A81
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Bridgend
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle frame with separate plate of mid-12th to 14th century date The buckle is represented by the oval frame and the fragmentary sheet plate but is missing the pin (with an overall length of 38.7mm and a weight of 3.4g). The buckle frame (with a length of 16.4mm and a weight of 2.2g) is of ornate outside edge type. The outside edge is expanded and of rectangular section (4.3mm wide and 3.6mm thick) and decorated on the front with ribbed mouldings and grooves. A central groove which would defines a notch for the missing pin. The sides are convex (giving the …
Created on: Wednesday 25th February 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 25th February 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-4C33DE
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle of annular type and of mid-13th to mid-15th century date The buckle frame is sub-circular and comparatively large (with an external diameter of 43.6mm - 44.8mm, an internal diameter of 37mm and weighing 12.0g) and is of oval section (3.6mm wide and 2.4mm - 3.0mm thick). Faceting on the inside of the frame may be the result of wear from a strap. There is no pin restriction on the frame or applied decoration. The pin is complete (with a length of 48.0mm) and has an open loop around the frame, now worn and is narrowest at the rear of the loop, widening t…
Created on: Wednesday 18th February 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 18th February 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-35DA83
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle of annular type and of mid-13th to mid-15th century date The buckle frame is circular (29.6mm external diameter, 21.7mm internal diameter and weighing 6.7g) and is also of circular section (3.8mm diameter). There are discernible wear facets on the inside of the frame, probably the result of wear from a strap. There is no pin restriction on the frame. The pin is incomplete, missing the rear of the loop and the tip (with a length of 28.7mm) but is likely to have had an open loop around the frame (with a width of 2.9mm). There is a single ribbed moulding…
Created on: Tuesday 17th February 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 17th February 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-1C6239
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle frame of mid-12th to 14th century date The buckle frame is oval with ornate outside edge and is missing the pin (with a length of 18.5mm and a weight of 3.2g). The outside edge is expanded and of sub-triangular section (18.5mm long, 5.8mm wide and 4.7mm thick) and decorated on the front and rear with fine ribs and grooves. A pair of ribs near the centre flank a central groove which would have been a notch for the pin. The sides are convex (giving the buckle a width of 18.8mm) and of sub-rectangular section (3.3mm thick and 1.8mm wide). The sub-square-…
Created on: Monday 16th February 2015
Last updated: Monday 16th February 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-1C4600
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Medieval copper alloy buckle of 15th century date The buckle is incomplete, missing the majority of the frame and the back-plate (with a length of 55.5mm and a weight of 10.4g). The frame was likely to have been of oval form (with a surviving length of 10.0mm and a surviving width of 30.2mm) and is of sub-rectangular section (3.7mm wide and 3.2mm thick) decorated, at least on the sides with transverse grooves. The circular-sectioned copper alloy pin survives (with a length of 33.5mm and a diameter of 2.5mm), secured in an oval aperture behind the frame, where the buckle narr…
Created on: Monday 16th February 2015
Last updated: Monday 16th February 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-E08DFF
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle of rectangular form and of mid-14th to mid-15th century date The buckle is represented by the rectangular frame only is comparatively small (with a length of 13.1mm, a width of 11.3mm and a weight of 0.7g). The outside edge is expanded but thinner than the sides (3.7mm wide and 1.8mm thick) and does not have a groove to accommodate the pin but there is a possible area of wear from the pin. The sides are narrow (0.8mm wide) and very slightly convex and convergent to the bar. The surface is corroded with a dark grey-green patina. The slight thinning …
Created on: Friday 13th February 2015
Last updated: Friday 13th February 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-DE4221
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle of annular type and of mid-13th to mid-15th century date The buckle frame is circular (32.5mm external diameter, 24.7mm internal diameter and weighing 10.6g) and is of sub-circular section (3.7mm - 4.3mm diameter). Faceting on the inside of the frame may be the result of wear from a strap. There is no pin restriction on the frame. The pin is complete (with a length of 34.9mm) and has an open loop around the frame, now truncated and is narrowest at the rear of the loop, gradually widening towards the shaft (with a diameter of 9.1mm - 10.8mm and a width…
Created on: Friday 13th February 2015
Last updated: Friday 13th February 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-DE2E36
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle of sub-rectangular form and of mid-14th to mid-15th century date The buckle frame and pin are present but it is unclear if there was a plate. The trapezoidal frame is comparatively small (with a length of 13.3mm, a width of 11.5mm and a weight of 1.1g). The outside edge is expanded (4.0mm wide and 2.7mm thick) and has three grooves, the larger groove at the centre is to accommodate the pin. The sides are narrow (0.8mm wide) and slightly convex and convergent to the bar. The sheet copper alloy pin is simply looped around the bar and open at the rear. T…
Created on: Friday 13th February 2015
Last updated: Friday 13th February 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-9F4BEE
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle with a rectangular frame and folded plate, probably of 13th or 14th century date The buckle is near-complete, missing the pin (with an overall length of 35.2mm and a weight of 8.8g). The rectangular frame (15.3mm long and 24.2mm wide) has a prominent lip with notch to accommodate the missing pin. The frame is rectangular-sectioned but is deep (with a height of 5.5mm and a thickness of 1.6mm). The folded sheet plate (24.2mm long, 23.5mm wide, 6.2mm deep and 2.0mm thick) has a slot for the pin and is recessed to accommodate the corners of the frame. The…
Created on: Tuesday 10th February 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 19th July 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-8A6431
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle of oval frame with composite rigid plates, now missing and of mid-14th or 15th century date The buckle is missing the sheet plates, the pin and is distorted (with a distorted length of 37.2mm and a weight of 6.7g). The frame is oval (with a width of 29.2mm) and has a lip with a notch on the outside edge. The frame is of triangular section (with a thickness of 2.6mm) and narrows at the bar, which has broken because of the distortion. Behind the frame, the spacer has rounded ribs on both faces (with a thickness of 4.1mm), which would have abutted the mi…
Created on: Monday 9th February 2015
Last updated: Monday 9th February 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-0B2BCC
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Rhondda Cynon Taf
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle of annular type, of mid 13th to mid 15th century date. The buckle frame is now oval in shape (length: 43.5mm external and 35.5mm internal diameter, and width: 35.8mm external and 28.5mm internal diameter and weighing 11.16g) but is likely to be of distorted circular form. The frame is of oval section (3.6mm to 3.8mm wide and 2.4mm thick). There is no pin restriction on the frame. The pin is also somewhat distorted and has a moulding at the base. It has an open loop around the frame and the shaft is of sub-rectangular section (3.5mm by 2.9mm at the mouldin…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd February 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd February 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-F630BB
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy oval framed buckle with roller, probably of 14th or 15th century date The buckle frame is fragmentary, represented by the outside edge and part of the sides only (with a surviving length of 10.4mm, a surviving width of 23.2mm and a weight of 3.4g). The outside edge of the frame is ornate and is of circular section (6.0mm diameter at the ends). The centre is narrowed to accommodate a separate sheet copper alloy roller (10.2mm wide and 6.1mm diameter). The roller was enhanced with pairs of incised lines, now corroded and mostly lost. The sides of the frame were cu…
Created on: Monday 2nd February 2015
Last updated: Monday 2nd February 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-62F521
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Flintshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy oval buckle with separate plate, probably of mid-14th to 16th century date The buckle comprises the oval frame (24.2mm long and 27.1mm wide) with separate folded sheet plate (33.3mm long, 15.8mm wide and 1.4mm thick). The buckle has an expanded outside edge (5.5mm wide and 4.5mm thick), which in convex (8.6mm deep) and has a notch for the pin. The sides are also convex and the bar is offset and narrowed. The pin does not survive but the presence of iron corrosion suggests an iron pin was used. The plate is folded around the bar (7.6mm deep) with a slot for the…
Created on: Monday 26th January 2015
Last updated: Saturday 18th August 2018
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Record ID: NMGW-F9BEA5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle of mid-14th to mid-15th century date The buckle frame is of D-shaped form and is complete but is missing the pin (with a length of 27.8mm, a width of 26.8mm and a weight of 4.1g). The outside edge has a lip and a notch for the missing pin (with a width of 5.0mm). The frame has a continuous curve to the offset and narrowed bar. The sides are of rounded sub-square section (3mm square) and no applied decoration is evident on the frame. The surface is corroded and pitted with a dark-green patina.
Created on: Wednesday 21st January 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 21st January 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-F8D9A6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle frame of mid 12th to 14th century date The buckle frame is oval with ornate outside edge and is missing the pin (with a length of 15.7mm and a weight of 1.7g). The outside edge is expanded and of sub-rectangular section (4.8mm long, 4.5mm wide and 3.9mm thick) and decorated on the front and rear with fine ribs and grooves. A pair of ribs near the centre and likely to have acted as a notch for the pin. The sides are convex (giving the buckle a width of 16.7mm) and of rectangular section (0.7mm thick and 2.7mm wide). The square-sectioned bar (1.6mm squa…
Created on: Wednesday 21st January 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 21st January 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-E718C4
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy military buckle of 'Kidney-bean' type with internal scroll and stepped-strap connector of 2nd century AD date The buckle is near-complete, missing the pin and one of the scroll terminal (with an overall length of 41.5mm and a weight of 12.4g). The outside edge of the frame is of sub-rectangular section (3mm wide and 3.4mm thick) and is re-curved back to the neck (with a maximum width of 33.6mm). The frame continues into the interior of the buckle with a scroll either side of the missing pin. The bar is circular sectioned (1.5mm diameter and 5.7mm long). The nec…
Created on: Tuesday 20th January 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 1st April 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-6781C5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle of 13th to 15th century date The buckle comprises the oval frame only (with a length of 25.5mm, a width of 30.7mm and a weight of 5.7g). The buckle is of simple form with a consistent rectangular section (2.8mm thick). The outside edge is expanded (to 7.0mm wide) and has a notch for the pin. There is no applied decoration on the frame. The surface has a dark-green patina.
Created on: Wednesday 14th January 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 14th January 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-47ACD3
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late medieval copper alloy buckle of mid-14th to mid-15th century date The buckle is incomplete, missing the sheet plates and one of the side forks (with a length of 8.1g). The frame is oval with a central, pointed lip (5.0mm wide) and a probable notch for the pin, now worn. Otherwise the frame is of consistent with and thickness and of triangular section (2.5mm wide and 2.4mm thick). There are rounded ribs behind the frame (giving the buckle a maximum thickness of 4.6mm and with a length of 5.6mm) suggesting that separate sheet-metal plates were employed. There is a rabbet (3.3mm …
Created on: Tuesday 25th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 25th November 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-479308
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late medieval copper alloy buckle of 13th or 14th century date The buckle is near-complete, missing the pin and is of concave, rectangular form with central bar (with a length of 35.5mm, a width of 45.4mm, a depth of 10.4mm and a weight of 25.5g). Both outside edges are circular-sectioned (6.7mm diameter) with four deep and regularly spaced grooves cut from the outside (3.1mm deep). The frame is enhanced with a cross-hatched design between the grooves. The sides are of sub-rectangular section (4.5mm wide and 3.2mm thick) and are decorated with a circle of pellets with a central pel…
Created on: Tuesday 25th November 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 6th June 2018
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Record ID: NMGW-366725
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle of annular type and of mid 13th to mid 15th century date The buckle frame is near-circular (24.5mm - 45.4mm external diameter, 34.2mm - 35.2mm internal diameter and weighing 16.9g) and is of faceted, sub-oval section (4.1mm - 5.3mm wide and 4.3mm - 5.2mm thick). Faceting on the frame may be the result of wear from a strap. There is no pin restriction on the frame. The pin is incomplete (with a surviving length of 30.5mm) and has an open loop around the frame, now truncated and is narrowest at the rear of the loop, gradually widening towards the shaft (w…
Created on: Monday 24th November 2014
Last updated: Monday 24th November 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-5EBA89
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle of 14th to 16th century date The buckle is of 'locking' type and is incomplete, missing the arm (with a length of 28.2mm and a weight of 6.8g). The frame is rectangular 28.3mm long and 16.4mm wide). The outside edge of the frame is wider (at 4.9mmmm compared to 2.0mm) than the other and has a step near the end. The underside of the outside end is bevelled. The sides of the frame are rectangular sectioned and the inside end is circular sectioned (2mm diameter). The chape is oval sectioned around the bar with the central integral pin (9.3mm long). The cop…
Created on: Friday 14th November 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 15th August 2018
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Record ID: NMGW-38A7D3
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle frame of mid 12th to 14th century date The buckle frame is oval with ornate outside edge and is missing the pin (with a length of 16.4mm and a weight of 1.9g). The outside edge is of D-shaped section (3.5mm wide and 2.8mm thick) and decorated with transverse grooves but is without a notch for the pin. The sides are convex (giving the buckle a width of 23.8mm and thickness of 1.9mm) and of faceted section. The bar is narrowed and offset (with a diameter of 1.7mm - 2.0mm). The surface has a dark-green patina.
Created on: Wednesday 12th November 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 12th November 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-C9A370
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy oval buckle with separate plate, probably of mid 14th to 16th century date The buckle comprises the oval frame (26.1mm long and 25.1mm wide) with separate folded sheet plate 30.0mm long, 15.2mm wide and 1.4mm thick). The buckle has an expanded outside edge (4.9mm wide and 4.2mm thick) with a notch for the pin. The sides are convex and the bar is offset. The pin does not survive but the presence of iron corrosion suggests an iron was used. The plate was folded around the bar with a slot for the pin. The plate was probably of rectangular form but is now corroded…
Created on: Friday 7th November 2014
Last updated: Saturday 18th August 2018
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Record ID: NMGW-A609B5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy fragment, probably the outside edge fragment of a medieval buckle The probable buckle is fragmentary, distorted and is incomplete (with a surviving length of 57.7mm and a weight of 14.7g) and was likely to be of oval or D-shaped form. The frame was of oval section, widest on the outside edge (with a width of 11.0mm and a thickness of 6.3mm). The rear of the outside edge was bevelled. There is a prominent notch to accommodate the pin on the widest part of the frame. The frame has corroded and tapered to a point on both ends and one end has distorted to form a loop. No a…
Created on: Friday 24th October 2014
Last updated: Friday 24th October 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-7BB227
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle of uncertain date, possibly late Roman or medieval The buckle is of oval form with ornate outside edge and is incomplete, missing the bar and pin (with a length of 29.9mm, a width of 44.9mm and a weight of 8.5g). The outside edge of the frame is of rectangular section (14.6mm wide and 2.8mm thick) and has elaborate decoration, comprising three open C-shaped arcs, the central 'C' faces outwards and is flanked on either side by the remaining two arcs. Each of the 'C' shaped openings is bordered by a groove, defining a ribbed border. At the centre, is a notch to ac…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd October 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-107FF3
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy probable buckle plate of 12th to 15th century date The buckle plate is near-complete but is distorted and the frame is missing (with a distorted length of 31.2mm, a width of 35.5mm and a weight of 8.8g). The sheet plate (0.5mm thick) is of folded form with a slot for the pin. The front plate is rectangular and was secured to the strap with three rivets (5.0mm - 5.5mm long), with domed heads raised above the plate. Two of the rivets are positioned near the attachment end and one behind the slot. The front of the plate is decorated with a double 'rocker-arm' bor…
Created on: Friday 17th October 2014
Last updated: Friday 17th October 2014
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