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BUCKLE
Unique ID: WAW-8361D9
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval buckle ( mid 13th to 14th centuries): A fragment of a cast copper alloy buckle which is the apex of the loop. In plan this fragment is sub-triangular with a wide, rectangular notch. The notch is decorated with three rows of small notches. The notch is bordered by a groove. Either side of the notch there is an integral triangular section whose lower corners tapers to a broken frame and the upper corner terminates with a flat knop. These sections are decorated with a fine notches. The frame has a mottled matte mid green patina.
The buckle measures 10.81mm long, 21.31mm wide across the buckle frame. It weighs 2.25g.
Whitehead (Whitehead, R. 1996 Buckles 1250-1800 Greenlight Publishing) illustrates a similar buckle, No. 111 dating it to the mid 13th to 14th centuries.
Class: projecting outer edge
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 10.81 mm
Width: 21.31 mm
Weight: 2.25 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 25th February 2017 - Friday 25th May 2018
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Worcestershire (County)
District: Malvern Hills (District)
Parish or ward: Shrawley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO8165
Four figure Latitude: 52.28280941
Four figure longitude: -2.27993574
1:25K map: SO8165
1:10K map: SO86NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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