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Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
Medium sized buckle. The ends of the hoop are curved back to form scrolls to either side of a central bar which lies in advance of the straight edge of the buckle and held the iron tongue; projecting away from the hoop from the centre of the straight edge of the buckle are two bronze loops whereby the buckle was hinged to a bronze plate. The pivot of this hinge was of iron.
Site Name: Roman Gates Site, Caerleon
Notes: found during the excavation of barrack-blocks etc. on the 'Roman Gates' site, carried out by the Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust.