Medieval copper alloy buckle with an oval frame and composite plate with forked spacer. The frame has a projection paralleling the tongue, which is missing. The round aperture on the concave attachment edge is grooved on the front plate, and is flanked

Medieval copper alloy buckle with an oval frame and composite plate with forked spacer. The frame has a projection paralleling the tongue, which is missing. The round aperture on the concave attachment edge is grooved on the front plate, and is flanked by two rivets. Fragments of lead-tin solder remain between the plates. Late 14th century date. From F18, LIDO 85/86, the Lido, Worthy Lane, Winchester.

Buckle of copper-alloy

Medieval, late 14th century

Found in the mid 1980s during excavations by Winchester Museums Service Archaeology Section at The Lido in Worthy Lane, Winchester

The buckle is an example of the many small dress items that were lost by people living outside the precinct of Hyde Abbey, in Winchester's northern suburb of Hyde.

Medieval copper alloy buckle with an oval frame and composite plate with forked spacer. The frame has a projection paralleling the tongue, which is missing. The round aperture on the concave attachment edge is grooved on the front plate, and is flanked