Accession No

2015.116


Description

Cast copper alloy buckle with rounded rectangular frame and open plate. Triangular copper alloy pin intact and fit in one piece with the central bar, a copper alloy plate extends into the open plate.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; West Wickham


Period

Medieval


Source

Cuddeford, Michael J. [collector and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

2015.116; MAA: MN0022; A0069


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze; Iron


Local Term


Measurements

41mm


Events

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


Description (Physical description)
A large, bronze, double decorative framed buckle and plate, with an iron pin.
Event Date 31/7/2015
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Cast copper alloy buckle with rounded rectangular frame and open plate. Triangular copper alloy pin intact and fit in one piece with the central bar, a copper alloy plate extends into the open plate.
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


FM:268446

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