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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SWYOR-820421
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy, Medieval single loop buckle with integral plate, dating from AD1250 - 1400. The loop is sub-rectangular; the outer lip is square while the inner end has rounded shoulders. The integral plate tapers towards the inner end and and has a pinched waist half way along its length. The indentations of this waist are linked together by a shallow, transverse groove across the upper side of the plate. There is no other decoration. There are two circular attachment holes, one at each end of the plate, together with a third, larger hole for the pin. The copper alloy pin remains in place. The buckle has a rough, light green patina. It is 37.2mm long, 13.6mm wide and 3.9mm thick. It weighs 2.61gm.
Similar buckles are illustrated in Whitehead, 2003, Buckles 1250 - 1800, page 34.
Class: integral plate
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 37.2 mm
Width: 13.6 mm
Thickness: 3.9 mm
Weight: 2.61 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 7th February 2013 - Thursday 6th February 2014
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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: Wakefield (Metropolitan District)
District: Wakefield (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Castleford Central and Glasshoughton (Metropolitan District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE4524
Four figure Latitude: 53.71048992
Four figure longitude: -1.31971117
1:25K map: SE4524
1:10K map: SE42SE
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 | 34 |
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