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BUCKLE

Unique ID: SWYOR-753A86

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A copper alloy medeival composite buckle with an integral, trapezoidal hollow socketed plate. The buckle is 40.4mm long, 23.9mm wide and 5.5mm thick. The frame is oval with a widened outer edge and a slight groove as a pin rest. There is transverse moulding of the area joining the frame and the plate which is waisted and contains a hole for the pin. The pin is tapering and complete. It is bent into a loop at the attachment end. The front and sides of the plate are cast in one with the frame but the back plate is a separate sheet riveted on with three plain rivets, only one of which survives. A piece of leather survives trapped in the hollow plate. The front of the plate is decorated with a crudely incised flower with four petals in a square border. Traces of white metal survive on the front of the plate. Buckles of similar style can be seen in Egan and Pritchard (1991) on page 104. They date from the early fifteenth century.

Sub class: hollow ended

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1450

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 40.4 mm
Width: 23.9 mm
Thickness: 5.5 mm
Weight: 12.5 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st October 2007 - Thursday 1st November 2007

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Leather
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Bassetlaw (District)
Parish or ward: Mattersey (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SK6988
Four figure Latitude: 53.384348
Four figure longitude: -0.964086
1:25K map: SK6988
1:10K map: SK68NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Egan, G. and Pritchard, F.	1991	Dress Accessories, c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London 3) (1991)	London	Stationery Office Books

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Recording Institution: SWYOR
Created: 16 years ago
Updated: 11 years ago

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