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BUCKLE
Unique ID: PUBLIC-911273
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A near complete Post Medieval copper alloy cast buckle. This is a two piece shoe or knee buckle dating from 1660-1720, with a symetrical double loop drilled frame with a separate spindle and a chape. The frame has raised concave sides, each with six radiating groves, its sides are convex with central collars, each collar having a central grove which serves as a tongue / pin rest. In profile the front is rounded and the back flat. The pin is tapered. The end of the chape is missing but would of been either a stud or anchor type terminal.
The bare buckle metal is red brown, but a green patina is developing over most of the surface.
The frame is 37.9mm long by 24.8mm, and is 4.0mm thick. The buckle weighs 11.7g.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: with landowner
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1660
Date to: Circa AD 1720
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 37.9 mm
Width: 24.8 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 11.7 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
District: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Brampton Abbotts
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehead, R. | 2003 | Buckles 1250-1800 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | p98 - p99 |
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