Bronze buckle and plate, length 1 5/8 inch, according to the Mayer card. 1 3/4 inch long and 1 inch broad according to Bryan Faussett, and also Henry G. Faussett. Oval buckle cast in one with openwork plate. Plate evidently broken across base because of the way the pattern goes. Probably originally 4 T-shaped perforation, stems inward (as on buckle from Kingston Down, grave 300). Remaining surfaces covered with ring-and-dot punch-work; loop has groups of transverse grooves (6 on Mayer card sketch as in H.G, Faussett's sketch in MS 723).Parallels: Uncleby, grave 31 (P.S.A. xxiv (1912), pl. opp. p. 152.) Rich group.
History
Grave ID
Sibertswold Downs Grave 176
Object ID
M6534
Catalogue Number
M 6534
Material
copper alloy (Sonia Hawkes Material Notes; bronze) (Antiquarian Material; brass)