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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SWYOR-BABCE3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy buckle with separate buckle plate, dating from AD1300-1400. The buckle has a narrowed and offset pin bar, convex sides and a thick rounded outer edge with a central pin rest but no other decoration. The plate consists of a thick metal sheet, rectangular in shape, folded over around the pin bar and notched to take the pin. The pin is missing. On the underside of the buckle the plate is tapered slightly to a blunt, rounded point. There is a single rivet fastening the open ends of the plate together; this rivet is integrally cast as part of the upper side of the plate. The buckle has a light brown patina. It is 56.4mm long, 31.3mm wide and 8.1mm thick. It weighs 24.47g.
Similar buckles are illustrated in Griffiths, Philpott and Egan, 2007, Meols: The Archaeology of the North Wirral Coast, plate 14, numbers 574 & 575. It does not fit happily into a Meols types, but can perhaps be considered as a plain variety of Meols type 6.
Class: thick outer edge
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 56.4 mm
Width: 31.3 mm
Thickness: 8.1 mm
Weight: 24.47 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 12th September 2010 - Sunday 11th September 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 1605
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)
To be known as: North Ferriby Area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 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 | plate 14, numbers 574 & 575 |
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