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Unique ID: SOM-E90C23
Object type certainty: Certain
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Medieval cast copper-alloy buckle frame missing its plate and pin. The frame is oval with an offset and narrowed strap bar and offset outer edge recessed in the centre to take a sheet roller which survives in place. The outer edge has knops flanking the recessed centre. The upper and lower sides have a convex outer face. The frame is 19.5mm long, 4.75mm thick and 24.05mm wide and weighs 4.53 grams.
Egan (2007, 95) illustrates a very similar example, no.590. He suggests (ibid:86) this type (Meols Type 11) dates to the medieval period (c.1250-1400 AD).
Notes:
This item was recorded at a rally and therefore the description and in particular photograph is likely to be below our usual standards.
Class: Meols type 11
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Exactly AD 1400
Quantity: 1
Length: 19.5 mm
Width: 24.05 mm
Thickness: 4.75 mm
Weight: 4.53 g
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 29th January 2012
This object was found at EDMC, North Curry, 29 Jan 2012
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Other reference: Rally ticket 500
4 Figure: ST3125
Four figure Latitude: 51.020215
Four figure longitude: -2.985116
1:25K map: ST3125
1:10K map: ST32NW
Grid reference source: Recorded at a rally
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Griffiths, D., Philpott. R. and Egan, G. | 2007 | Meols: The Archaeology of the North West Wirral Coast | Oxford | Oxford University School of Archaeology | 86, 95 | 590 |