Buckle plate

Description

Anglo-Saxon buckle plate with cast or stamped decoration featuring a warrior wearing a head-dress with horns, 7th century AD, found at Ayton, Berwickshire, Scotland

Museum reference

X.2003.25

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Buckle plate

Date

7th century

Materials

Copper alloy

Collection place(s)

Ayton, Berwickshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Associations

Finder: Young, Michael, 2003 (fl.)

References

Tweddle, D. "The Anglian Helmet from Coppergate," Archaeology of York Small Finds, 17/8, London. 1992; Blackwell, A ‘An Anglo-Saxon figure-decorated plaque from Ayton (Scottish Borders), its parallels and implications’, Medieval Archaeology, 51 (2007), 165-172.