English: Fragment of copper alloy buckle, possibly 5th century. Approximately half of the buckle survives (when viewed with the pin bar to the bottom, it is broken vertically through the frame). The frame was once D shaped and is flat in section. To the bottom of the frame is a rectangular knop from which extends horizontally the narrowed pin bar. The pin bar is truncated and only 2mm survives, little more than a knop itself. Just above the rectangular knop and half way up the side of the frame are two pointed extensions that curl into the open middle of the frame. These were perhaps once decorative curlicues that are now much worn. The buckle fragment is very worn and abraded and nothing remains of the original surface. Exposed surfaces are light green and brown. Break edges are worn suggesting damage occurred in antiquity. The frame is 30.72mm is long (top to bottom), 23.84mm wide, 2.86mm thick and weighs 3.86g. The frame is 6.42mm wide. The fragment is not dissimilar to Hawkes and Dunning buckle type IIC (Soldiers and settlers in Britain, Medieval Archaeology volume V, page 56), which would date it to the first half of the 5th century, shortly after the first Saxon settlement. However, it should be recognised that the fragment is in very poor condition and may be of another type and date altogether.