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BUCKLE

Unique ID: WMID272

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

Oval buckles have ornate outer edges with a narrower and offset strap bar. There are two prominent lobed knops flanking three grooves.

Notes:

This record was created before the Portable Antiquities Scheme began using the Central Database. We are aware that this record may fall below our usual standards of recording, and we are working to rectify this.

Class: Single loop oval buckles

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1400

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 22.7 mm
Width: 17.2 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 1992 - Wednesday 1st January 1997

Personal details

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast

Spatial metadata

Region: West Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Staffordshire (County)
District: Lichfield (District)
To be known as: STAFFORDSHIRE LICHFIELD

Spatial coordinates


Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Other
Specific landuse: Unknown

References cited

Author Publication Year Title Publication Place Publisher Pages Reference
Whitehead, R. 2003 Buckles 1250-1800 Chelmsford Greenlight Publishing p22,no 88

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Audit data

Recording Institution: WMID
Created: 25 years ago
Updated: 7 years ago

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