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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SWYOR-26B461
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy Medieval buckle plate of which only the front plate survives. It has broken across the hinges and the frame is missing. The plate is rectangular and is recessed for the missing frame and has a rectangular pin slot. The front face has a border groove and a central decorative panel created by paring away the metal. There is a two legged beast depicted walking left in relief The beast has a bill like head and a long curled tail, the tip of which rests on its back; it is particularly bird like but with a feline tail, perhaps a lion's. There are two circular rivet holes in the attachment end, one in each corner. and both copper alloy rivets survive, though one is detachable. The buckle is similar to an example from London and other examples with birds dated to the 13th century (Egan and Pritchard 1991, 114, no 530). Compare also SF-CE0F50. The plate would probably have been enamelled, but none now survives. The metal has a reddish colour.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30.24 mm
Width: 18.96 mm
Thickness: 2.06 mm
Weight: 6.25 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 28th March 2011 - Tuesday 27th March 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS fomr number 1814
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Bassetlaw (District)
Parish or ward: Blyth (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK6388
Four figure Latitude: 53.385096
Four figure longitude: -1.054279
1:25K map: SK6388
1:10K map: SK68NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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