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BUCKLE
Unique ID: WMID-6AFB64
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A complete copper alloy single looped D shaped buckle frame, of medieval dating (c. AD 1350 to AD 1450).
The buckle frame is broadly D shaped in plan, with a broad D shape cross section. At the centre of the frame, a pin rest is present made from a single U shaped groove. Two flanking smaller grooves to either side as decoration. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The central bar has been recessed for the plate (now missing).
The buckle is a mid green colour with an even but slightly abraded patina covering all surfaces.
The buckle measures 13.36 mm in length, 14.93 mm wide and 2.68 mm thick. It weighs 0.9 grams.
Similar buckle styles are depicted in Whitehead (2003), page 20, illustrations 70, 75 and 76. These are all dated to the late Medieval period, c.1350 to 1450.
Reference:
Whitehead, R. 2003. Buckles 1250-1800. Greenlight Publishing, Witham, Essex.
Class: Meols type 1
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 13.36 mm
Width: 14.93 mm
Thickness: 2.68 mm
Weight: 0.9 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st April 2013 - Tuesday 30th April 2013
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Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Warwickshire (County)
District: Stratford-on-Avon (District)
To be known as: Stratford on Avon
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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