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BUCKLE
Unique ID: YORYM-28A060
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper alloy buckle of post-medieval date. The object is a roughly half of a double looped asymmetrical buckle with small knops at either end of the narrowed strap bar. The reverse is flat and undecorated.
The metal is a dark blackish-brown colour and is worn. The buckle is 21.2mm long, 17.3mm wide, 2.3mm thick and weighs 1.9g.
A similar example is illustrated in Whitehead, p.91, no.564 and is dated to circa 1575 - 1700.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1575
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 21.2 mm
Width: 17.3 mm
Thickness: 2.3 mm
Weight: 1.9 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Middleton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehead, R. | 2003 | Buckles 1250-1800 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | p.91 | no.564 |
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