Rights Holder: Stephen Auker
CC License:

Image use policy

Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).

BUCKLE

Unique ID: PUBLIC-F462D0

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Half of a copper alloy Post Medieval buckle, similar to the one in Whiteheads Buckles page 68 item 427. The design may be of a human face at the apex the loop. There is also moulded scrollwork on the frame and part of a possible trilobed knop at the end of the (missing) bar. It probably dates from AD 1500 -1700. A close paralle has not yet been found.

Length 50mm, 30.30mm wide, 4.45mm thick, weighs 11.8gms

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 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 50 mm
Width: 30.3 mm
Thickness: 4.45 mm
Weight: 11.8 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 17th July 2015 - Friday 17th July 2015

Personal details

This information is restricted for your access level.

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Geometric
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Ryedale (District)
Parish or ward: Willerby (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TA0279
Four figure Latitude: 54.19662174
Four figure longitude: -0.43803174
1:25K map: TA0279
1:10K map: TA07NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Discovery circumstances: metal detecting
General landuse: Grassland, Heathland

References cited

No references cited so far.

Similar objects

Find number: DOR-B48875
Object type: BUCKLE
Broadperiod: POST MEDIEVAL
An incomplete cast copper alloy buckle frame. Just over half of a heavily decorated double looped oval buckle with the pin missing.There is a…
Workflow: Awaiting validation

Find number: KENT-EEAC62
Object type: BUCKLE
Broadperiod: POST MEDIEVAL
A complete, Post Medieval, cast, copper alloy, double loop asymmetrical buckle frame. There is a notch for the pin on the outer edge of the r…
Workflow: Awaiting validation

Find number: SUSS-C6EBD7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broadperiod: POST MEDIEVAL
An incomplete Post Medieval buckle, consisting of a cast copper alloy double loop asymmetrical buckle frame dating to c. 1575-1700 AD. The b…
Workflow: Awaiting validation

Timeline of associated dates

Report a mistake

Audit data

Recording Institution: PUBLIC
Created: 8 years ago
Updated: 8 years ago

Other formats: this page is available as qrcode json xml geojson pdf rdf representations.