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BUCKLE
Unique ID: WILT-512731
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy buckle possibly dating to the late medieval/post medieval period (AD c1350-1720). The buckle appears to be incomplete as the loop or plate to attach the buckle seems to be missing. The buckle frame comprises a quatrefoil shape. At the top of the frame there is a knop in the shape of the acorn with a raised rim around the bottom. The pin is present and comprises a single piece of copper alloy which is looped around the attachment bar and narrows towards the tip. The bottom loop of the quatrefoil shape has a gap and the pin attachment bar extends across just below this space. The sections which comprise the sides of the attachment bar may have continued to form a loop or plate.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1720
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 22.47 mm
Width: 14.55 mm
Thickness: 4.86 mm
Weight: 2.3 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 4353
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Near Devizes
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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