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BUCKLE
Unique ID: YORYM-D56334
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A complete cast copper alloy buckle of post-medieval date. The buckle is a double looped asymmetrical shape with bevelled inside and outside edges and a narrowed strap bar. The buckle is undecorated though some traces of silvering remain. The pin no longer survives but a small patch of iron corrosion suggests the buckle once had an iron pin.
The metal has a mid greenish-grey patina and is worn. The buckle is 26mm long, 17.7mm wide, 2.3mm thick and weighs 2.8g.
A similar example is illustrated in Whitehead, p.90, no.562 and is dated to circa 1575 - 1700.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1575
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 26 mm
Width: 17.7 mm
Thickness: 2.3 mm
Weight: 2.8 g
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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: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Yapham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE7951
Four figure Latitude: 53.94908
Four figure longitude: -0.797769
1:25K map: SE7951
1:10K map: SE75SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehead, R. | 2003 | Buckles 1250-1800 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | p.90 | no.562 |
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