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BUCKLE
Unique ID: WAW-3E9778
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper-alloy medieval composite buckle frame with forked spacer. The oval frame has a central, pointed lip and curved recess on the inner face. The frame is bevelled on the upper surface, externally and internally, with the latter far steeper; the lower surface is flat. In cross-section it is triangular. The frame has been narrowed at the spacer for the pin. The original pin is missing and has been replaced with a wire pin which survives. There is a slight transverse collar at the point at which the loop meets the pin. The pin has a trapezoidal cross-section; the upper and lower surface are flat and the sides bevelled.
The spacer has a sub-rectangular aperture next to the frame. The spacer is recessed on both upper and lower surfaces to accommodate the missing plates. The area above the plates, around the pin is raised; the frame by contrast to this latter is lowered. The buckle frame and spacer have a dark-green patina.
Similar examples of this buckle type can be found in Egan and Pritchard (1991, 78-82) where they are dated to the mid 14th/early 15th century.
The buckle is 39.6mm in length, 22.8mm wide, 2.75mm thick and weighs 4.1 grams.
Class: composite
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 39.6 mm
Width: 22.8 mm
Thickness: 2.75 mm
Weight: 4.1 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 4334
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Warwickshire (County)
District: Stratford-on-Avon (District)
To be known as: Long Itchington CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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