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BUCKLE
Unique ID: PUBLIC-05B353
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy single-loop buckle, dating from the Late Medieval to early post-Medieval periods.
The frame is sub-circular in plan, having an outward-pointing pin rest. Two tapering points project backwards from the right-hand side of the frame, separated from one another by a constriction, around which the inner end of the wire pin has been looped.
The frame has a green patina with some soil impaction. Length of frame: 28.86 mm. Width: 14.82 mm. Thickness: 1.83 mm. Weight: 2.027 grams.
Examples of buckles with forked spacers were found at Meols, Merseyside (Egan, in Griffiths et al 2007: 93). Evidence from excavations elsewhere suggests a date range of late 14th to early 16th century (ibid.).
The frame has a green patina with some soil impaction. Length of frame: 28.86 mm. Width: 14.82 mm. Thickness: 1.83 mm. Weight: 2.027 grams.
Class: Single-loop
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1375
Date to: Circa AD 1525
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28.86 mm
Width: 14.82 mm
Thickness: 1.83 mm
Weight: 2.027 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 28th September 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: East Dorset (District)
To be known as: Nr Wimborne
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 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 |
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