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BUCKLE
Unique ID: LVPL-A115C7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Cast copper alloy buckle dating to the Early Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) period (c.575-625AD). The object is D-shaped in plan and D-shaped in cross-section. The strap bar is narrowed and offset. It is circular in cross-section. The buckle frame is decorated with three grooves at each edge before the strap bar. On the rear of the buckle frame there is a single ring-and-dot decoration to one side of the strap bar. The pin which remains attached is a 'shield-on-tongue' type. The integral plate over the pin has a rounded end then a waist formed by two rounded cut-outs (opposite each other), then a rectangular lobe with a nick in each short projecting edge. On the underside of the plate is an integrally cast loop which projects from the rounded end. The loop is D-shaped in cross-section and tapers towards the underside of the pin where is terminates with a break. The shaft of the pin projects from the plate and widens slightly to where it down-curves before tapering towards a rounded terminal. The object has a light green patina and is corroded. Similar examples can be found on p203-204 MacGregor and Bolick, (1993).
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: Regional importance
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 575
Date to: Circa AD 625
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 39.21 mm
Width: 38.46 mm
Thickness: 18.67 mm
Weight: 44.1 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st February 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
District: Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Delamere
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MacGregor, A. and Bolick, E. | 1993 | A summary catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon collections (non-ferrous metals), Ashmolean Museum, Oxford | Oxford | Tempvs Reparatum |
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