Record ID: NMGW-D43403 - MEDIEVAL buckle

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Buckle

Unique ID: NMGW-D43403

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of Cathedral School buckle

Medieval copper alloy buckle, dating from the mid-14th to the mid-15th century The buckle comprises an oval, lipped frame with a folded sheet plate. The buckle is near-complete, missing some of the pate and the end of the pin (with an overall, distorted length of 33.7mm and a weight of 2.7g). The oval frame (with a length of 17.8mm and a width of 19.1mm) is of trapezoidal section on the outside edge (2.9mm thick), becoming sub-rectangular on the sides. The lip has a prominent notch for the pin. The bar is narrowed and offset. The pin is of circular, tapering section (2.1mm maximum diameter) and is simply twisted around the bar. The folded sheet metal plate is rectangular (with a width of 12.4mm and a thickness of 0.6mm) and has two holes to accommodate the pin. One central rivet survives at the rear of the plate, which would have secured the buckle to the strap. There is the suggestion of an incised border surviving near the side of the front plate but no other decoration is evident. The buckle has a pale to mid green surface patina. The buckle can be paralleled with examples recovered from excavations in London (Egan & Pritchard 1991, p 74. nos. 306-310) recovered from late 13th and 14th century contexts.

Class: Oval, lipped frame with plate

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1450

Dimensions and weight

Length: 33.7 mm
Width: 19.1 mm
Thickness: 2.9 mm
Weight: 2.7 g
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: Wales
County: Cardiff
District: Cardiff
Parish: Llandaff

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: ST1577
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Method of discovery: Building work [scope notes]
General landuse: Other [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Built over [scope notes]

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2003

Personal details

Found by: This information is restricted for your login.
Recorded by: Mr Mark Lodwick - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Mr Mark Lodwick - [view all attributed records]

Other reference numbers

Other reference: NMWPA 2008.19

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