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BUCKLE

Unique ID: SWYOR-12BE51

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A cast, copper alloy D-shaped buckle with narrowed and offset strap bar, Meols type 2, dating from 1250-1350AD. The pin is missing. The buckle displays a patchy, light green patina. It is 17.6mm long, 13.8mm wide and 3.1mm thick. It weighs 1.95gm.A similar buckle is illustrated in Griffiths, Philpott & Egan, Meols: The Archaeology of the North Wirral Coast, plate 14, number 486.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1350

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 17.6 mm
Width: 13.8 mm
Thickness: 3.1 mm
Weight: 1.95 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 25th November 2009 - Wednesday 24th November 2010

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: PAS form number 1385

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: Rotherham (Metropolitan District)
District: Rotherham (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Woodsetts (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SK5483
Four figure Latitude: 53.341153
Four figure longitude: -1.190427
1:25K map: SK5483
1:10K map: SK58SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
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
Griffiths, D., Philpott. R. and Egan, G.	2007	Meols: The Archaeology of the North West Wirral Coast	Oxford	Oxford University School of Archaeology	plate 14, number 486

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Recording Institution: SWYOR
Created: 13 years ago
Updated: 3 years ago

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