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BUCKLE
Unique ID: WMID-32FD75
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper alloy double loop trapezoidal buckle, dating to the 16th/ 17th century (length: 31mm; width: 20mm; thickness: 5mm; weight: 3.32g).
A flat buckle (although bent to one side), with pointed triangular ends and a lobed protrusion either end of the strap bar. There is no other decoration. Less than half of the copper alloy pin remains curled round the strap bar. The buckle is in a worn and poor condition with very little of the dark green patina remaining.
Similar examples are illustrated in Ross Whitehead's 'Buckles 1250-1800', 1996, page 82, ref nos 512-3.
Class: double looped
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1500
Date to: AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 31 mm
Width: 20 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight: 3.32 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 17th April 2005
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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: Warwickshire (County)
District: Stratford-on-Avon (District)
Parish or ward: Idlicote (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP2743
Four figure Latitude: 52.0847
Four figure longitude: -1.607384
1:25K map: SP2743
1:10K map: SP24SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehead, R. | 2003 | Buckles 1250-1800 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | page 82 | ref nos 512-3 |
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