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BUCKLE
Unique ID: BUC-96A777
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval cast copper alloy single looped buckle with integral forked spacer. The buckle frame is sub-oval projecting out to a pointed pin rest in the centre of the outer side. It is triangular in section with a flat back and inner edge and an angled outer side. The forked spacer joins the frame at the strap bar. There is a central gap between the forks with just a narrow strap bar around which the pin would have been bent, it is now missing. This central gap widens away from the pin as the forks narrow and are also stepped in in width about a quarter of the way along their length. The forks narrow further at the tips to sharp points. The ends of the forks closer to the frame are thicker and thin just after the strap bar. The plates that would have covered the forked spacers and abutted these thicker ends have been lost.
Griffiths, Philpott and Egan, (2007: 92-5) illustrate a similar from Meols, no. 599 and suggest they date to the late 14th century.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Retained by finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 48.94 mm
Width: 26.22 mm
Thickness: 2.2 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 12th August 2007
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Aylesbury Vale (District)
To be known as: Buckingham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Griffiths, D., Philpott. R. and Egan, G. | 2007 | Meols: The Archaeology of the North West Wirral Coast | Oxford | Oxford University School of Archaeology |
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