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BUCKLE
Unique ID: NMGW-F8D9A6
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval copper alloy buckle frame of mid 12th to 14th century date
The buckle frame is oval with ornate outside edge and is missing the pin (with a length of 15.7mm and a weight of 1.7g). The outside edge is expanded and of sub-rectangular section (4.8mm long, 4.5mm wide and 3.9mm thick) and decorated on the front and rear with fine ribs and grooves. A pair of ribs near the centre and likely to have acted as a notch for the pin. The sides are convex (giving the buckle a width of 16.7mm) and of rectangular section (0.7mm thick and 2.7mm wide). The square-sectioned bar (1.6mm square) is narrowed and offset. The surface has a dark-green to dark-brown patina.
Class: buckle frame
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1150
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 15.7 mm
Weight: 1.7 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NMWPA 2014.4.6
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Other
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Wales (European Region)County or Unitary authority: the Vale of Glamorgan (Unitary Authority)
District: the Vale of Glamorgan (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Wenvoe (Community)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST1373
Four figure Latitude: 51.44927745
Four figure longitude: -3.25335867
1:25K map: ST1373
1:10K map: ST17SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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