Accession No
1948.1525 B
Description
Cast copper alloy buckle. Oval frame, semicircular in cross-section and decorated around the outer edge with a narrow notched flange. Cast pin with triangular boss above loop and curved point. Small strip of sheet copper alloy wrapped around bar, possibly to support buckle plate, which is missing.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Linton; Linton Heath
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Neville, Richard Cornwallis (Lord Braybrooke) [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1948.1525 B
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
38mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Bronze buckle with bronze tongue. Bronze strip to hold plate which is missing
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Linton Barrow. Grave 9, near skeleton 9. Excavated in 1853.
With 4 silver rings and an iron ring and knife not traced
Event Date 1853
Author: maa
Context (References)
Neville, Richard C. (1854). ‘Anglo-Saxon Cemetery Excavated January, 1853’. The Archaeological Journal, vol. XI. pp. 95-115
Event Date 1854
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Context (Display)
Previously on display in Archaeology Gallery, Clarke Gallery 1984-2010
Event Date 1984
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Cast copper alloy buckle. Oval frame, semicircular in cross-section and decorated around the outer edge with a narrow notched flange. Cast pin with triangular boss above loop and curved point. Small strip of sheet copper alloy wrapped around bar, possibly to support buckle plate, which is missing.
Event Date 5/1/2021
Author: Lily Stancliffe
FM:15948
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