Record ID: YORYM-83A687
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy buckle of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1690 - 1720.  The buckle is sub-rectangular with a drilled frame for a separate spindle. Moulded transverse grooves are present over each spindle hole. The spindle is retained around which a triangular pin is fitted by a closed loop. A ‘cooking-pot’ chape is also retained around the spindle, though the outer edge is lost to worn breaks. Patches of a white metal coating are present on the surface of the buckle. The metal has a mid-green patina and is worn. The buckle is 38.8mm long, 29.4mm wide, 5.3mm thick…
Created on: Monday 18th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 5th April 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-82CF4E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy double loop buckle dating to about  AD 1550-1650. One loop is missing. There are two projecting knops on the outer edge of the bevelled loop of the buckle.  There are two stubs on either side of the pin bar where the other loop would have been attached. There is a knop at each end of the pin bar. The pin bar is rectangular in profile. The reverse is flat. The measurements are; length 19.4mm, width 15.1mm, thickness 3.3mm, and weight 2.82g. Compare Whitehead 382.
Created on: Monday 18th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-80D273
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval spur buckle dating from AD 1200 - 1400. The frame is missing, leaving part of the ling integral plate. It is broken at one end across the hole for the missing pin. This part of the object is a sub-recatngular plate decorated with ridges running across the width of the buckle plate. There is a copper alloy rivte surviving in this part. The plate then steps narrower and is triangular in cross-section, decorated with short ridges and grooves running from the centre line to the edge. The other end expands into an oval plate with spiky edges and has a central copper a…
Created on: Monday 18th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-309678
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Medieval buckle; a broken incomplete a single looped D shaped buckle probably of Meols type 2, dating from AD 1250 - 1350. The outer edge is expanded, and there is are two small ridges forming a rest for the pin. The frame is distorted and broken, but the missing bar appears to have been offset. The pin and plate are missing. The patina is green and brown. It is 24.17mm long, 14.57mm wide and 2.45mm thick. 1.53g. The maximum width of the strap is about 19mm.
Created on: Thursday 14th March 2024
Last updated: Saturday 13th April 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-2D6627
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-medieval copper-alloy double loop asymmetrical buckle, dating from about AD 1575-1700.  The back surface of the buckle is flat, but the front is bevelled. It has one rectangular and one D-shaped loop, separated by a central strap bar. The sides of the frame are straight and parallel. The pin is missing from the strap bar, but there are traces of iron corrosion. The buckle has a brown and green patina and appears to have had a white metal coating. Measurements are Length: 26.75mm, Width: 17.67mm, Thickness: 3.27mm and Weight: 2.79g. Whitehead (1996) il…
Created on: Thursday 14th March 2024
Last updated: Saturday 13th April 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-4AA0D7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy buckle and plate of probable late Early-Medieval date, c.AD 800 - 1100. The buckle is D-shaped with a narrowed and recessed bar and chunky outer frame. It is undecorated. A separately made plate is fitted around the bar by two narrowed integral strips with central slot for the pin. The plate is broadly rectangular with waisted sides and a decorative terminal. The upper surface is decorated with an indistinct moulded design. A rivet is present through the terminal. The pin no longer remains. The metal has a mid-brown patina and is worn. The buckle is 55…
Created on: Tuesday 20th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 6th March 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-4970D2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy buckle of medieval date, c.AD 1250 - 1400. The buckle has a single looped oval frame with integral lobed knops to either end of the bar. An integral plate expands from behind the bar and is narrowed and framed at each end by a transverse moulding. The terminal end is broken and worn. A barrel moulding is present at the centre of the plate with a circular perforation through it. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The metal has a mid-green patina and is worn. The buckle is 41.2mm long, 14.3mm wide, 2mm thick and weighs 2.3g. Similar examples are illustrate…
Created on: Tuesday 20th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 6th March 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-486DFC
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy buckle of medieval date (c.AD 1250-1400). The single loop buckle has ornate outer edges and a narrowed offset strap bar. The outer edge is decorated with a central barrel moulding flanked by a rounded knop on each side. Both faces have the same decoration. The pin is present, and the object has a green patina. Dimensions: Length 14.3m, Width 16.0mm, Thickness 4.8mm, Weight 1.58g. Similar examples can be found in Whitehead’s buckles (2003, p. 21).
Created on: Tuesday 20th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 8th April 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-484C61
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy buckle of medieval date (c.AD 1250-1500). The buckle is D-shaped with a narrow-offset strap bar. The obverse of the frame is convex and decorated with a dome shaped groove in which there is a wave decoration following the bottom straight edge. The reverse is concave and undecorated. The object has a Verdigris patina. Dimensions: Length 15.9m, Width 24.5mm, Thickness 5.8mm, Weight 2.66g. Similar examples can be found in Whitehead’s buckles (2003, p. 19).
Created on: Tuesday 20th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 8th April 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-3726E3
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy buckle of medieval date, c.AD 1350 – 1450. The buckle has a single looped oval frame with a projecting lip to the outer edge. From the opposite side of the loop an integral forked spacer extends, each arm flanking a narrowed pin bar. Both arms taper to a blunted point. The open loop of a pin remains fitted around the bar. This pin proper is lost to a worn break. The metal has a dark green patina and is worn. The buckle is 45.5mm long, 23.9mm wide, 2.7mm thick and weighs 5.7g. Similar examples are illustrated in Whitehead, p.36 and are dated to circa&…
Created on: Monday 19th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 6th March 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-353BA9
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy, single loop, oval buckle of Medieval date, AD 1200 - 1400. It is of Meols type 1. It is a simple D shaped frame with a slightly expanded outer edge and a recessed bar. It is 11.7mm long, 17.5mm wide and 3mm thick. It weighs 1.1g. 
Created on: Monday 19th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 29th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-351558
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy, single looped, oval buckle of Medieval date, AD 1250 - 1350. It is of Meols type 2. The oval frame has an expanded outer edge and a recessed and offset bar. It is 11.4mm long, 22.5mm wide and 2.4mm thick. It weighs 1.4g. 
Created on: Monday 19th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 29th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-34F8AF
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy double looped buckle dating to the early post-Medieval period, about AD 1500 - 1650. The buckle has an oval frame made up of two opposing D shaped loops. The frame is D shaped in cross section and angles up from the central bar. There is a small knop at each end of the bar. The pin is copper alloy but obscured by corrosion. It has an overall dark-green patina. Measurements are; length 33.6mm, width 23.2mm, thickness 9.4mm and weight 5.70g. Similar buckles are illustrated in Whitehead (2003), p. 54, especially number 310
Created on: Monday 19th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 4th March 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-34E977
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy, single loop, D-shaped buckle of Medieval date, AD 1250 - 1350. It is of Meols type 6. It has a wide expanded outer edge with five transverse grooves. The bar is recessed and offset. The copper alloy wire pin survives but is incomplete. The frame is 17.9mm long, 18mm wide and 3.4mm thick. It weighs 2.6g. 
Created on: Monday 19th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 29th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-348096
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, single loop, D-shaped buckle of Medieval date, AD 1350 - 1400. It is of Meols type 10. It has an expanded outer edge with a prominant knop at each end, and three transverse grooves in the middle. the front is bevelled. The bar is recessed and offset, and also cracked. It is 20.5mm long, 21.1mm wide and 3.4mm thick. It weighs 3.6g. 
Created on: Monday 19th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 29th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-33397B
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a buckle plate, or perhaps a strap end, of Medieval date, probably AD 1200 - 1400. It is sub-rectangular, broken at one end where the attachment to the frame would have been (or the closed end of the strap end). The other end has a rivet hole in each corner, and a copper alloy domed headed rivet surviving in situ in one. The second rivet hole is incomplete. The front is decorated with multiple grooves forming an unintelligible design. There is lattice in the centre, curved and radiating lines at the sides and a row of possible rocker arm across the complete outer e…
Created on: Monday 19th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 29th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-32E805
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy, annular buckle of Medieval date, about AD 1300 - 1400. The frame is a plain circle, without decoration, broadly sub-circular in cross-section. The pin, which appears to be complete, consists of a strip of copper alloy of D shaped cross-section, wrapped around the frame at one end and forming a blunt terminus at the other end. There is no pin notch nor constriction for the pin, suggesting it is a buckle rather than a brooch. The buckle is copper alloy, with a dark brown patina. The buckle is 25.9mm diameter (inner diameter 19.4mm); thickness 2.9m…
Created on: Monday 19th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 27th February 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-A34663
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy buckle of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1660 - 1720. The object is a sub-rectangular shoe or knee buckle with a drilled frame for a separate spindle. The frame has moulded oblique grooves and engraved floral motifs on the upper surface, possibly a fleur de lis. The spindle and pin no longer remain. The metal has a dull grey patina and is worn. The buckle is 35.47mm long, 26.32mm wide, 5.98mm thick and weighs 5.97g. Similar examples are illustrated in Whitehead, p.98 and 99, and are dated to circa AD 1660 - 1720. Ref: Whitehead, R. (1996).&…
Created on: Monday 12th February 2024
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-91EADB
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-medieval cast tinned copper-alloy double loop asymmetrical buckle with moulded decoration, dating from about AD 1575-1700. Only the trapezoid loop survives. The back surface of the buckle is flat, but the front is bevelled. The central strap bar has a small moulded knop at each end. The trapezoid loop is decorated with a moulded, scalloped outer edge which is divided into six rounded lobes. The pin is missing from the strap bar. The surfaces of the buckle show signs of copper corrosion but some of the original tinning…
Created on: Sunday 11th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 6th March 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-8F5BA1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Medieval buckle; a single looped D shaped buckle of Meols type 2, dating from AD 1250 - 1350. The outer edge is expanded, and there is a knop at each end of the bar. The frame is distorted. The pin and plate are missing. The patina is corroded and rough. It is 23.1mm long, 24.1mm wide and 5.1mm thick. 3.6g. The maximum width of the strap is about 19mm.
Created on: Sunday 11th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
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