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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SWYOR-130C6C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete copper alloy Medieval buckle frame and pin dating from about AD 1350 - 1500.
The frame is trapezoidal and the outer edge is raised (offset) from the sides and has oblique corners to give the appearance of being folded. The face of the outer edge is decorated with a patter of rocker arm decoration; two wavy lines apparently twiste in a helix forming six irregular oval panels. Each panel contains a short line of wiggle-work, and there are further rocker-arm zig-zags in the outer angles. The sides taper from the outer edge towards the bar. They are decorated with an oval formed of three rows of zigzags, perhaps intended to be a leaf. This motif appears on each arm. The bar is rounded but is not offset nor reccesed. The pin is cast in copper alloy and is sub-square in section. It has a raised collar and an open loop which is wrapped round the bar. The metal is dark grey in colour with a smooth patina. File marks are visible on the reverse. Compare similar examples on the database: SWYOR-BBEB86, NMS-CD5F17, NMS-072117 and BH-9F5933 and also a published example: Whitehead (2003), no.168. which is dated to about AD 1350 - 1500. The buckle frame is 54mm long, 26.4mm wide and 3.44mm thick. The pin is 7.66mm thick. 11.97g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 54 mm
Width: 26.4 mm
Thickness: 7.66 mm
Weight: 11.97 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 29th March 2014 - Saturday 29th March 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 2153
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: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Craven (District)
Parish or ward: Hawkswick (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SD9470
Four figure Latitude: 54.12582086
Four figure longitude: -2.09330314
1:25K map: SD9470
1:10K map: SD97SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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