2011-06-22 14:12:08 Amy Downes acooper 2011-06-22 14:14:00 Amy Downes acooper SWYOR-1EA285 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. 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 14t... Copper alloy Cast MEDIEVAL MEDIEVAL 1300 1500 19.43 32.24 3.5 Fair Fragment 2011-06-22 14:12:08 SOUTH YORKSHIRE BARNSLEY BRIERLEY POINT( ) SE40NW SE4209 29.06.2003 Metal detector 1 SWYOR Creative Commons Non Commercial Share Alike - The Portable Antiquities Scheme 2011 These records can be reproduced in a non commercial enviroment as long as the original recorder is cited. The Portable Antiquities Scheme info@finds.org.uk No fees are applicable.