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BUCKLE
Unique ID: PUBLIC-B3C2A2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete small copper-alloy single looped D-shaped buckle. Meols Type 2, dating from AD 1250 to AD 1350.
The buckle frame is complete along with the pin. the buckle plate is missing, presumed lost in antiquity. The loop is sub oval in plan, with a thickened and expanded outside edge. The strap bar is narrowed and off-set. Knops are present at either end of the strap bar. The buckle frame is plain and undecorated. The buckle frame is a dark green colour. The pin, although present, is worn and has a slightly reduced length from the original.
Measurements are :- 16.03mm in length, 12.05mm wide. It has a thickness of 2.96mm (the strap bar is 1.59 mm thick). It weighs 1.6 grams.
Similar single looped D shaped buckles have been illustrated by Whitehead (1996) on page 19, in particular no.53 and no.54. Other examples of this type of buckle frame have been recorded on the database, including LVPL-1AC5CE and YORYM-613CF1.
Class: Meols Type 2
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 1350
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 16.03 mm
Width: 12.05 mm
Thickness: 2.96 mm
Weight: 1.6 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 21st October 2016
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
Parish or ward: Poslingford (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL7647
Four figure Latitude: 52.09335197
Four figure longitude: 0.56777641
1:25K map: TL7647
1:10K map: TL74NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehead, R. | 2003 | Buckles 1250-1800 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | 19 | 54 |
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