Accession No

1948.1361


Description

Copper alloy belt buckle with oval frame of circular cross section, much narrower on the pin bar. Hooked pin in situ.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Little Wilbraham


Period

Anglo Saxon


Source

Neville, Richard Cornwallis (Lord Braybrooke) [collector]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1948.1361; MAA: 2001.?


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze


Local Term


Measurements

25mm


Events

Context (Field collection)
Found 1851.
Event Date 1851
Author: maa


Context (References)
Ref. Plate: XII No. 35 [? in Braybrooke, R.C. Neville, Saxon obsequies (London: J. Murray, 1852)]
Event Date 1852
Author: Lily Stancliffe


Description (Physical description)
Small belt buckle. Bronze spike still in position. Decorated with transverse grooving
Event Date 1987
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy belt buckle with oval frame of circular cross section, much narrower on the pin bar. Hooked pin in situ.
Event Date 19/7/2024
Author: Lily Stancliffe


FM:15869

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