LVPL-A40683: Cast copper alloy Early Medieval buckle with an integral plate.

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BUCKLE

Unique ID: LVPL-A40683

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Cast copper alloy Early Medieval buckle or clasp with an integral plate. The plate is rectangular in plan and leads straight into a sub-square loop. just before the loop there is a circular perforation. At the end of the plate are two circular rivets. At the junction with the loop there are two circular raised dots which mirror the rivets. The plate is split at the end. The buckle frame is slightly rounded on the front and flat on the reverse. At the end of the buckle frame is a projection, possibly meant to represent an animals nose as there is some moulded decoration.

Length: 33.5 mm; Width: 17 mm; Thickness: 3 mm; Weight: 5.7 g

A similar excavated example is known from St Mary's Hospital in Chichester, where there was 10th- and 11th- century activity on site, but the buckle was residual in a 12th- to 14th-century context (Down and Rule 1971, 47, fig. 3.17, no. 17). See also HAMP-C9AB76 on this database.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1000
Date to: AD 1200

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 33.5 mm
Width: 17 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 5.7 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st December 2008

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Ellerker (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SE9230
Four figure Latitude: 53.758246
Four figure longitude: -0.606034
1:25K map: SE9230
1:10K map: SE93SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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Robert Webley wrote @ 15:56:50 on the 5th May 2010.
I've just referenced this in HAMP-C9AB76 - thought they were sufficiently similar

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Recording Institution: LVPL
Created: 15 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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