A rectangular copper alloy buckle with central bar. Three of the sides are concave, the fourth only slightly so. There is a raised trefoil motif at each corner, and the frame has an engraved design and a notch for the tongue. Traces of iron sheet surround the central bar, probably from a folded plate. Layer in 13th to 15th century Building 935.2. From VR72-80, Victoria Road, Winchester, Hampshire. Excavated by Winchester Archaeology Section, 1972-1980.
Copper-alloy buckle
Medieval, 13th to 15th century
Found in the 1970s during excavations by Winchester Museums Archaeology Section at Victoria Road, Winchester, Hampshire
This quite elaborate large buckle is missing its pin, which would have fitted in the notches in the centre of the two bars on the right. There are traces of iron around the central bar, probably from a folded attachment plate which has not survived.
