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Today’s image is of a tiny\u00a0 decorated buckle found at the Anglo Saxon cemetery at Sarre, near Birchington in 1990. It was found within grave 288,\u00a0 disturbed in antiquity, with the bones of the skeleton, possibly a male aged 30-35 years, piled at the foot of the grave.<\/p>\n
This small buckle dating to the 6th-7th century is made of bronze with a folded rectangular plate fastened by three rivets. It would have been mounted on a strap rather than a belt as the loop could only accept a strap end less than 10mm wide. It is decorated with incised lines, punched rings and lines of punched dots. Buckles of this form are common but as they are more usually plain, this decorated example is slightly more unusual.<\/p>\n
Reference<\/strong><\/p>\n Perkins, D. R. J. 1992. The Jutish Cemetery at Sarre Revisited: Part II. Archaeologia Cantiana CX<\/em>, 83-120.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Today’s image is of a tiny\u00a0 decorated buckle found at the Anglo Saxon cemetery at Sarre, near Birchington in 1990. It was found within grave 288,\u00a0 disturbed in antiquity, with the bones of the skeleton, possibly a male aged 30-35 years, piled at the foot of the grave. This small buckle dating to the 6th-7th … Continue reading VM_365 Day 116 Anglo Saxon Buckle<\/span>