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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SWYOR-638C02
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete cast copper alloy Post-Medieval buckle frame dating from about 1600-1720. The buckle frame is sub oval in plan and double looped. It has rounded ends and bi-concave sides. It is otherwise undecorated. Examples of similar buckles may be found in Whitehead (page 70, numbers 440 and 441). The pin is missing. The spindle is iron and the plate is attached; it is sub triangular and very thick, but the knop at the end is missing.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1720
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 29 mm
Width: 20.36 mm
Thickness: 3.16 mm
Weight: 6.81 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2012 - Wednesday 30th May 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 1881
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: Selby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE6033
Four figure Latitude: 53.789867
Four figure longitude: -1.090739
1:25K map: SE6033
1:10K map: SE63SW
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 | 70, numbers 440 & 441 |
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