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BUCKLE
Unique ID: PUBLIC-5FB0C7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper-alloy zoomorphic buckle.
The buckle is D-shaped with a broad outer frame and narrowed bar. The outer frame has a pin rest in the middle of the outer frame, with shallow cast grooves across the breadth of the frame, which become increasingly angles and more closely spaced as the frame joins the bar. The terminals of the frame bear worn, facing beasts' heads, from which the bar emerged. The frame is bevelled but flattens towards the strap bar, with the lower edge projecting more than the upper edge. The pin is missing.
Notes:
Similar examples are illustrated in C. Marshall - Buckles Through The Ages fig.4
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1000
Date to: Circa AD 1200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28.2 mm
Width: 19.5 mm
Thickness: 2.34 mm
Weight: 5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st August 2010 - Wednesday 1st September 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Zoomorphic
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: North East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northumberland (Unitary Authority)
District: Northumberland (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Harbottle (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: NT9604
Four figure Latitude: 55.330039
Four figure longitude: -2.064595
1:25K map: NT9604
1:10K map: NT90SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall, C. | 1986 | Buckles Through the Ages | Essex | Greenlight Publishing | FIg 4 |
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