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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SWYOR-7FDB04
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A small copper alloy double-loop buckle, probably dating from the medieval to post medieval period, about AD 1250 - 1600. The buckle is unusual as it has been handmade, using a length of round rod which was flattened at either end and in the centre, all on the same plane, then formed into an oval. The flat sections were drilled and a central iron bar was used as a rivet to hold the two ends and forming the bar, which would have completed the buckle. The centre bar has corroded away leaving just the remains of the rusted bar at either side. The buckle has a brown/green patina. Dimensions length: 20.72mm, width: 15.99mm, thickness: 4.85mm, weight: 1.47g.
This unusual form of construction can be paralleled by NMS-46A03B and NMS-86E456 which are suggested to be 15th or 16th century. These records draw parallels with other superficially similar examples that are composed of two U-shaped pieces with a separate iron bar joining them, which can be classified as Cassels 2013 Type.1.4E which are dated to the late 13th to 16th centuries. Other Cassels type 1.4E buckles include PUBLIC-07BE91 and NMS-DEEE8D which give published examples.
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: County / local importance
Class: Cassels 1.4E derivative
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 20.72 mm
Width: 15.99 mm
Thickness: 4.85 mm
Weight: 1.47 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 18th September 2021 - Saturday 18th September 2021
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Finders Ref No 0292
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Harrogate (District)
Parish or ward: Nun Monkton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE4859
Four figure Latitude: 54.02477268
Four figure longitude: -1.26880066
1:25K map: SE4859
1:10K map: SE45NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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