Buckles
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Summary of Buckles
The following table is very much a work in progress and should not be used as reference in its current state. Where known the date range is supplied (guessed!) and the buckle materials suppled: I = Iron; C = Copper Alloy; B = Bone or Antler. Y means that the type exists but we are currently unsure of anymore details.
| Art Style | Oval | Rounded D | Flat D | Rectangle | Flat with Integral Plate |
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| Plain | 800-100 I,C |
800-1100 I,C |
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| Incised lines | Y | ||||
| Ring & dot | Y | Y | 900-1100 C |
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| Biting Beasts | 900-1100 Y |
900-1100 Y |
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| Carolingian | Y | ||||
| Winchester | Y | ||||
| Borre | 850-950 Y |
850-950 Y |
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| Ringerike | 1000-1100 C |
1000-1100 Y |
1000-1100 Y |
1000-1100 Y | |
| Urnes | Y | ||||
| Hiberno-Norse | 875-1025 C |
From Archaeology
Plain
Long lived, from Roman to Middle ages (ROGERS 1993, p.1346).
- York
- iron [ROGERS 1993]:p.1347 cat.5044
- copper alloy [MAINMAN and ROGERS 2000: cat.10417]
BM
Trewhiddle Hoard
Incised Lines
Lincoln
Biting Beasts
900-1100AD
There seems to be 3 styles of these.
- Beasts abutting bar, protruding zoomorphic often found on outer edge
- No Protruding zoomorphic on outer edge
- Highly devolved beasts biting bar with transverse moulding
Mills dates this type to the C6th. Timeline originals date this from the C8th to the 10th
Type D4 Devolved biting beasts with transverse moulding
Lincoln
Lincoln
Ring and Dot
Carolingian Style
BM
Cuerdale Hoard
Winchester style
Borre style
Norwich
Bawsey
Norwich
Sculthorpe
Ringerike style
Urnes Style
1050-1120AD
Mills, 2001 late 11th Romanesque?
Hiberno-Norse Style
Hiberno-Norse? 8th / early 9th
Archaeology
- York [ROGERS 1993]:p.1349 cat.5313 late 9th (style through to 10th/ early 11th)
- [GOODHALL 1980b: 503, fig.263, 20
[WELANDER, BATEY and COWIE, 1987: p. 158]
[REDKNAP 2000]:p.75
Uncategorised
BM
Cuerdale Hoard
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