Record ID: SWYOR-1EA285 - MEDIEVAL buckle

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BUCKLE

Unique ID: SWYOR-1EA285

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of Medieval locking buckle

A cast copper-alloy arm from a medieval locking buckle. The arm is curved at one end where it has broken. The arm is bevelled so it is hexagonal in cross-section and is thinner at the straight end which would have acted as the pin bar within the buckle frame. The object can be dated to the 14th or 15th century (Geake 2001, 28). Complete 'locking buckles' can be found illustrated in Ward Perkins (1940, opp. 273; Plate LXXVII). It has a mid brown patina and visible file marks. Cf LVPL-199E42 and NCL-473CC7. Nick Griffiths thinks Locking Buckles may have been used with purses. The arm is pulled down over the pin to lock the pin in place.

Class: locking

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 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1500

Dimensions and weight

Length: 32.24 mm
Width: 19.43 mm
Thickness: 3.5 mm
Weight: 2.7 g
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Fragment [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: Yorkshire And The Humber
County: South Yorkshire
District: Barnsley
Parish: Brierley

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: SE4209
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
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: Tuesday 1st January 1985 - Friday 1st January 1988

Personal details

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Recorded by: Ms Amy Downes - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Mr Wakefield Volunteer - [view all attributed records]
Secondary identifier: Ms Amy Downes - [view all attributed records]

Other reference numbers

Other reference: PAS Form number 1427

References cited

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