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BUCKLE
Unique ID: LEIC-B3D921
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Complete copper-alloy late Medieval buckle frame. The buckle is a single loop, D-shaped buckle with decorative knop extending from the curved edge. The knop has a single narrow collar and is flat on the reverse side. The strap bar is recesses and the pin is missing. Several similar examples are illustrated in the Meols report (Griffiths et al. 2007, 94, no.622ff).
Length 21mm, width 14mm, thickness 2mm, weight 1.6g.
Class: Cassels type 1.5C
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 21 mm
Width: 14 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 1.6 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 16th April 2014
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Rutland (Unitary Authority)
District: Rutland (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Ridlington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK8402
Four figure Latitude: 52.6092945
Four figure longitude: -0.76094458
1:25K map: SK8402
1:10K map: SK80SW
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Griffiths, D., Philpott. R. and Egan, G. | 2007 | Meols: The Archaeology of the North West Wirral Coast | Oxford | Oxford University School of Archaeology | 94 | 622ff |
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