https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/templates/general_wide/img/logo.png https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/medieval/buckles-and-buckle-plates/circular-buckles.html https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/medieval/buckles-and-buckle-plates/circular-buckles/circular-buckle-59357.html Thu, 27 Aug 2026 13:33:15 GMT Circular buckles  

Description:		A small circular copper-alloy buckle of the medieval period. The frame is plain and has an irregular cross-section. The pin is incomplete.
Category:		Medieval, Buckles and buckle plates, Circular buckles
Category:		Circular buckles

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/medieval/buckles-and-buckle-plates/circular-buckles/brooch-buckle-59143.html Sun, 08 Feb 2026 13:37:31 GMT Circular buckles  

Description:		A copper-alloy brooch/buckle of the medieval period. The frame, now distorted, is circular in section and has two opposing zoomorphic projections, probably representing snake heads. The heads are turned over inwards to act as hook mechanisms. There are opposing restrictions on the inner surface of the frame, which held the central bar and possibly a plate, the pin is missing. See also UKDFD 43830  -  UKDFD 57991
Category:		Medieval, Buckles and buckle plates, Circular buckles
Category:		Circular buckles

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Description:		A small circular copper-alloy shoe buckle of medieval to early post-medieval date. The frame is of stout proportions for its small size and has a constriction to fit the (missing) pin on one side and a notch to serve as a pin-rest diametrically opposite. Corrosion stains at both locations indicate that the pin was made of iron. See also UKDFD 28813 (iron frame, iron pin) and UKDFD 17559 (pewter frame, iron pin).
Category:		Medieval, Buckles and buckle plates, Circular buckles
Category:		Circular buckles

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/medieval/buckles-and-buckle-plates/circular-buckles/circular-buckle-58716.html Thu, 24 Jul 2025 08:14:25 GMT Circular buckles  

Description:		A small circular copper-alloy buckle of the medieval period, complete with pin. The frame is undecorated.
Category:		Medieval, Buckles and buckle plates, Circular buckles
Category:		Circular buckles

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/medieval/buckles-and-buckle-plates/circular-buckles/circular-buckle-58387.html Sat, 04 Jan 2025 15:03:32 GMT Circular buckles  

Description:		A circular copper-alloy buckle of the medieval period. The frame is plain and of flattened oval cross-section. The pin is of slender D-shaped cross-section and tapers to a blunt point.
Category:		Medieval, Buckles and buckle plates, Circular buckles
Category:		Circular buckles

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/medieval/buckles-and-buckle-plates/circular-buckles/circular-buckle-or-brooch-58315.html Sun, 03 Nov 2024 15:38:04 GMT Circular buckles  

Description:		A circular copper-alloy buckle or brooch of the medieval period, complete with copper-alloy pin. The frame is plain and of flattened oval cross-section. The pin has a moulded transverse ridge at the hinged end. Note The distinction between plain annular brooches and circular buckles is not always clear. Although brooches generally have a constriction for the pin, and buckles do not, this is not an infallible rule. Where they survive, brooch pins are more usually pointed to pierce fabric, whereas buckle pins are blunt to pass though existing holes in a strap.
Category:		Medieval, Buckles and buckle plates, Circular buckles
Category:		Circular buckles

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/medieval/buckles-and-buckle-plates/circular-buckles/circular-buckle-57575.html Tue, 05 Sep 2023 19:03:52 GMT Circular buckles  

Description:		A circular copper-alloy buckle of the medieval period, complete with copper-alloy pin. The frame is plain and of sub-circular cross-section with a slight pin rest. The pin has a moulded transverse ridge at the hinged end.
Category:		Medieval, Buckles and buckle plates, Circular buckles
Category:		Circular buckles

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/medieval/buckles-and-buckle-plates/circular-buckles/circular-buckle-57088.html Wed, 28 Dec 2022 11:58:13 GMT Circular buckles  

Description:		A very large circular iron buckle with surviving iron pin. The frame is of originally uniform, sub-circular cross-section. The pin consists of two separately made parts joined together: the shaft, which has a prominent arch at the free end, and a split transverse hinge knuckle for attachment to the frame.
Category:		Medieval, Buckles and buckle plates, Circular buckles
Category:		Circular buckles

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/medieval/buckles-and-buckle-plates/circular-buckles/circular-buckle-56607.html Tue, 18 Jan 2022 18:46:26 GMT Circular buckles  

Description:		A small iron circular buckle dating to the medieval period. Due to corrosion, It is uncertain if the frame is locally reduced in section for the pin. Small circular type buckles are recorded with corroded frames, see; UKDFD 28813 & IOW-F665E0 as typical examples with iron frames, and UKDFD 17559 with a pewter frame. See also UKDFD 41671 as a similar small circular buckle made of copper-alloy.
Category:		Medieval, Buckles and buckle plates, Circular buckles
Category:		Circular buckles

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/medieval/buckles-and-buckle-plates/circular-buckles/circular-buckle-33421.html Mon, 19 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT Circular buckles  

Description:		An unusual circular copper-alloy buckle of the medieval period. The frame is of flat sub-rectangular cross-section with bevelled inner and outer edges to the front face, and a very irregular radial width. At one point on the outer diameter there is a decorative axe-shaped projection with its curved 'blade' adjoining the edge of the frame. The back of the frame is flat with file-marks present on the surface. The pin is missing, but the generally similar examples cited below support the object's identification as a buckle. Although there is no defined constriction to locate a pin, as is present on some of the other examples, the narrowest width of the frame is approximately opposite the projection, which would tend to serve the same purpose. Cf. PAS: NMGW-F64783, ESS-976722, NMS-12C701, NMS-5BA438, NLM-3F7853 and KENT-567DF2.
Category:		Medieval, Buckles and buckle plates, Circular buckles
Category:		Circular buckles

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