Context (Field collection)
Michael J Cuddeford found this material during the mid 1990s during metal detecting in West Wickham. It has been registered with the Portable Antiquities Scheme and gifted to MAA. For general information about the site see the Journal of the Haverhill and District Archaeological Group vol. 6 part 1, 1995 (see Bib). For other information including original finds list see the object file.
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (References)
Charge, B. B. et al. (1995). 'Field Survey of Sites at Yen Hall West Wickham, Cambs'. Journal of the Haverhill and District Archaeological Group. vol. 6, part 1.
Event Date 1995
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Analysis)
For similar, see Egan, Geoff. Pritchard, Frances. (2002). Dress Accessories, c.1150- c.1450. Medieval Finds from Excavations in London: 3. The Boydell Press: UK. (See chapter 'Buckles'. pp. 50-123. fig. 44 no. 294).
Event Date 2015
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
A bronze buckle of an oval frame with ornate outside edge. It has an offset narrow bar with three notches in the frame the central one being for the pin. The pin is missing.
Event Date 29/7/2015
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy buckle; circular frame with straight front and bar. Front of frame is decorated with three deep transverse grooved lines. Pin missing.
Event Date 30/4/2021
Author: Lily Stancliffe

Exhibition (Li Ka Shing Gallery)
EXH.2023.12 | Beneath Our Feet: Archaeology of the Cambridge Region
Event Date 21/6/2023
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson