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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SWYOR-7CE570
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy double loop oval spectacle buckle dating from the Post Medieval period. It has small moulded projections at either end of the strap bar and moulded acorn knops on the outer edge of each loop. These have three parallel moulded lines to define the edge and the layers of the acorn. The cups of the acorn have incised cross hatched lines. The strap bar is narrowed and flush with the frame and still holds the thick sheet copper alloy pin. The plate is missing and there is a crack in the frame. The buckle is curved which may suggest it was a shoe buckle. Whitehead (1996) illustrates a similar example on page 65, No.405, which is dated to c.1550-1650. Compare also CORN-8272C3.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 58.27 mm
Width: 37.92 mm
Thickness: 2.96 mm
Weight: 12.28 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st September 2010 - Monday 8th November 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 1300
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Selby (District)
Parish or ward: Kirkby Wharfe with North Milford (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE4940
Four figure Latitude: 53.853926
Four figure longitude: -1.256579
1:25K map: SE4940
1:10K map: SE44SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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