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BUCKLE
Unique ID: HESH-285566
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete Medieval cast copper alloy single loop D-shaped buckle, probably dating from(AD 1250-1500). The pin is missing. The buckle consists of a D-shaped loop with a narrowed strap bar. The buckle is undecorated on both faces. The upper face shows traces of gilding. The buckle has a dark brown coloured patina.
Whitehead (2003: pp. 48-49) illustrates similar D-shaped buckles and suggests they date to circa (AD 1250-1500).
The buckle measures 18.75mm long, 14.14mm wide, 1.5mm thick and weighs 0.98 grams.
Whitehead, R. (2003)Buckles 1250-1800. Chelmsford, Greenlight Publishing.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 18.75 mm
Width: 14.14 mm
Thickness: 1.5 mm
Weight: 0.98 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Morville
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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