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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SF-C85625
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy buckle of Medieval date. It is as Meols type 8, with oval frame that has an offset and narrowed rectangular bar, and expanded outer edge. The outer edge has four oval shaped lobes, the outer two projecting further than the central two, all separated by deep transverse grooves. Hinging around the bar is a copper-alloy wire pin that has a small flattened sheet of copper-alloy attached to it that is likely to have functioned as a simple buckle plate, its precise form uncertain due to old breaks. The entire object measures 22.57mm in width, 16.64mm in length, 2.62mm in thickness, and 2.77g in weight.
This is a buckle frame of Medieval date. It is similar to examples from London (e.g. Egan and Pritchard, 1991: no. 302) and is of probable 14th century AD date.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 16.64 mm
Width: 22.57 mm
Thickness: 2.62 mm
Weight: 2.77 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st July 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
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