Accession No
1948.1456 A
Description
Iron buckle with oval frame and rectangular plate. Substantial amount of plain weave, possibly faced mineralised textile visible on one face of plate, which is folded over bar. Pin intact and fused to frame. Heavily corroded, rivet holes not visible.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Little Wilbraham; Streetway Hill
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Neville, Richard Cornwallis (Lord Braybrooke) [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1948.1456 A
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Iron; Mineralised textile
Local Term
Measurements
45mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
1 of a pair of buckles. Part of iron plate remains with fragment of material adhering
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Grave 168 (1948.1453 - 1948.1456). Excavated 1851
Event Date 1851
Author: maa
Context (References)
Neville, Richard C. (1852). Saxon Obsequies: Illustrated by Ornaments and Weapons Discovered by the Hon. RC Neville, in a Cemetery Near Little Wilbraham, Cambridgeshire, During the Autumn of 1851. J. Murray. Pl. XL, no. 168.
Event Date 1852
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff
Description (Physical description)
Iron buckle with oval frame and rectangular plate. Substantial amount of plain weave, possibly faced mineralised textile visible on one face of plate, which is folded over bar. Pin intact and fused to frame. Heavily corroded, rivet holes not visible.
Event Date 15/12/2020
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff
FM:15857
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