https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/templates/general_wide/img/logo.png UKDFD Recording Software https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ Single loop buckles https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/medieval/buckles-and-buckle-plates/single-loop-buckles.html Single Loop Oval Buckle https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/medieval/buckles-and-buckle-plates/single-loop-buckles/single-loop-oval-buckle-59344.html Sun, 16 Aug 2026 15:15:25 GMT Single loop buckles Single Loop Oval Buckle  
Description: A single loop oval buckle with lipped frame and copper-alloy pin. The buckle has an incomplete integral forked spacer for (missing) sheet-metal front and back plates, which made up a composite rigid plate.
Category: Medieval, Buckles and buckle plates, Single loop buckles
Category: Single loop buckles
]]> Single Loop Oval Buckle with Plate https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/medieval/buckles-and-buckle-plates/single-loop-buckles/single-loop-oval-buckle-with-plate-59141.html Tue, 03 Feb 2026 17:35:56 GMT Single loop buckles Single Loop Oval Buckle with Plate  
Description: A single loop oval buckle with wire pin and folded sheet-metal plate. The frame is slightly expanded at the outer end, and has a narrowed and offset strap bar. The plate is sub-rectangular, slightly recessed for the frame and slotted for the pin. It has one rivet hole with intact copper-alloy rivet at the attachment end.
Category: Medieval, Buckles and buckle plates, Single loop buckles
Category: Single loop buckles
]]> Single Loop Kidney-Shaped Buckle https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/medieval/buckles-and-buckle-plates/single-loop-buckles/single-loop-kidney-shaped-buckle-59021.html Tue, 18 Nov 2025 16:50:38 GMT Single loop buckles Single Loop Kidney-Shaped Buckle  
Description: A single loop kidney-shaped buckle with bifid moulding serving as pin-rest on the outer end. The buckle retains its copper-alloy pin.
Category: Medieval, Buckles and buckle plates, Single loop buckles
Category: Single loop buckles
]]> Single Loop Rectangular Buckle https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/medieval/buckles-and-buckle-plates/single-loop-buckles/single-loop-rectangular-buckle-59020.html Tue, 18 Nov 2025 11:47:11 GMT Single loop buckles Single Loop Rectangular Buckle  
Description: An undecorated single loop rectangular buckle with sheet copper-alloy pin. Close dating of plain buckles of this type is not usually possible.
Category: Medieval, Buckles and buckle plates, Single loop buckles
Category: Single loop buckles
]]> Single Loop Rectangular Buckle https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/medieval/buckles-and-buckle-plates/single-loop-buckles/single-loop-rectangular-buckle-58776.html Wed, 20 Aug 2025 08:05:11 GMT Single loop buckles Single Loop Rectangular Buckle  
Description: A single loop rectangular iron buckle complete with iron pin. The strap bar and sides of the frame are of sub-triangular cross-section, and the outer end is sub-rectangular with evidence of a pin notch. The pin is of sub-rectangular cross-section with a transverse ridge at the attachment end. It tapers along its length to a blunt point

The buckle has subsequently been treated for conservation.
Category: Medieval, Buckles and buckle plates, Single loop buckles
Category: Single loop buckles
]]> Single Loop Oval Buckle https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/medieval/buckles-and-buckle-plates/single-loop-buckles/single-loop-oval-buckle-58770.html Sun, 17 Aug 2025 19:11:31 GMT Single loop buckles Single Loop Oval Buckle  
Description: A single loop oval buckle with narrowed and offset strap bar. The buckle has a sheet-metal roller, which is fitted on a constriction between two lobed knops. The roller has multiple circumferential grooves flanking a larger central pin rest. The pin is missing.
Category: Medieval, Buckles and buckle plates, Single loop buckles
Category: Single loop buckles
]]> Single Loop Oval Buckle with Plate https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/medieval/buckles-and-buckle-plates/single-loop-buckles/single-loop-oval-buckle-with-plate-58767.html Sun, 17 Aug 2025 15:10:52 GMT Single loop buckles Single Loop Oval Buckle with Plate  
Description: A single loop oval buckle with narrowed and offset strap bar, and an expanded outer edge with notched pin rest. Attached to the strap bar is a rectangular, folded sheet metal plate with a single rivet in situ. The pin is missing.
Category: Medieval, Buckles and buckle plates, Single loop buckles
Category: Single loop buckles
]]> Single Loop Oval Buckle https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/medieval/buckles-and-buckle-plates/single-loop-buckles/single-loop-oval-buckle-58717.html Thu, 24 Jul 2025 08:32:56 GMT Single loop buckles Single Loop Oval Buckle  
Description: A single loop oval buckle with notched lip and offset strap bar. The pin is missing.
Category: Medieval, Buckles and buckle plates, Single loop buckles
Category: Single loop buckles
]]> Single Loop D-Shaped Buckle https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/medieval/buckles-and-buckle-plates/single-loop-buckles/single-loop-d-shaped-buckle-58711.html Mon, 21 Jul 2025 12:47:56 GMT Single loop buckles Single Loop D-Shaped Buckle  
Description: A single loop D-shaped buckle with deep pin notch and complete with sheet copper-alloy pin.
Category: Medieval, Buckles and buckle plates, Single loop buckles
Category: Single loop buckles
]]> Single Loop D-Shaped Buckle https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/medieval/buckles-and-buckle-plates/single-loop-buckles/single-loop-d-shaped-buckle-58704.html Tue, 15 Jul 2025 19:19:22 GMT Single loop buckles Single Loop D-Shaped Buckle  
Description: A single loop D-shape iron buckle complete with iron pin. The frame is rectangular In cross-section (5.11mm x 3.96mm). The pin is D-shaped in cross section and tapers to a blunt point. Probably harness related.

See UKDFD 58698 for a generally similar example.
Category: Medieval, Buckles and buckle plates, Single loop buckles
Category: Single loop buckles
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