2024-03-28T13:26:48+00:00https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/1025088/format/qrcodehttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/1025088/format/jsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/1025088/format/xmlhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/1025088/format/geojsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/1025088/format/pdfhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/1025088/format/rdfhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/10250881025088PUBLIC-B3C2A2PAS606B3C2A001214BUCKLEMeols Type 216.0312.051.62.9611MEDIEVAL12501350An 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-613CF1.2021-04-05 17:34:502021-07-09 13:11:09412016-10-211Certain112929PAS606B3C2A0012147121PUBLICCopper alloy10627CastIncompleteGoodMEDIEVALMDx14221p0gjgrsxwzxMEDIEVALMDx14221p0gjgrsxwzxMetal detectorCircaCirca102119315934158061564741425TL7647TL7647TL74NE52.093351970.567776418101140495DSC_4691_4692edited.jpg2821323Medieval single looped buckle 1250 - 1500Graham Brandejs4images/grahamb/EasternCultivated landEuropean RegionCountySuffolkDistrictSt. EdmundsburyCivil Parish52.110.590618PoslingfordReturned to finder96667