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BUCKLE
Unique ID: LVPL-D476A9
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy buckle chape dating to the Post-Medieval period. The chape is 'cooking pot' shaped. The outer edge of the chape carries a single, inward pointing, triangular spike. The object is mid-brown in colour with patches of a mid green patina where remaining. The chape would have been used on a shoe or a knee buckle. Similar examples can be found in Whitehead, (2003), p96.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1660
Date to: Circa AD 1720
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 52.17 mm
Width: 32.53 mm
Thickness: 5.42 mm
Weight: 17.9 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st September 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Wales (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Gwynedd (Unitary Authority)
District: Gwynedd (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Aberdaron
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
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 |
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