Buckle

Unique ID: SWYOR-C53B06

Object type certainty: Certain

A copper alloy buckle plate. The plate has a slot on the buckle end where the pin would have been and one hinge survives, unfolded. The other end is straight (unbroken and deliberate) and contains one circular hole for the rivet which is still in place. It has a green and patchy brown patina and measures 25.5mm x 11.9mm x 0.8mm, weighing 1.29g. The undecorated plate is difficult to date, although similar examples with a pin slot instead of a hole and a single rivet hole seem to date to the Medieval period; 1350-1400 (Whitehead, p.74,75).

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1400

Dimensions and weight

Length: 25.5 mm
Width: 11.9 mm
Thickness: 0.8 mm
Weight: 1.29 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: Yorkshire And The Humber
County: South Yorkshire
District: Sheffield
Parish: Bradfield

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: SK3091
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: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 20th August 2008

Personal details

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Identified by: Mr Stuart Ward - [view all attributed records]

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    Created: Monday 20th October 2008
    Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011

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