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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SWYOR-0806C4
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy, single loop, medieval buckle, Meols type 11, dating from AD 1250 - 1350. The sides of the frame are convex and there is a recessed and offset pin bar. The thick outer edge has a central, copper alloy roller that is decorated with two pairs of circumferential grooves, one pair at each end of the roller. There is a copper alloy wire pin. This remains in place. The brooch has a light green patina. It is 18.8mm long, 17.6mm wide and 5.7mm thick. It weighs 3.63gm.
A similar buckle is illustrated in Griffiths, Philpott and Egan, 2007, Meols: The Archaeology of the North Wirral Coast, page 91, number 549.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1350
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 18.8 mm
Width: 17.6 mm
Thickness: 5.7 mm
Weight: 3.63 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st May 2012 - Wednesday 5th September 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: York (Unitary Authority)
District: York (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Askham Richard (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE5447
Four figure Latitude: 53.91634
Four figure longitude: -1.179345
1:25K map: SE5447
1:10K map: SE54NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
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 | 91, number 549 |
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