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BUCKLE

Unique ID: LANCUM-244A45

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A small and quite worn copper alloy shoe or knee buckle dating from the post-medieval period, that is c. AD1660-1720. The object is a double looped trapezoidal buckle frame which is drilled for a separated spindle which is still in place (as is the tongue), although the pin is missing. The ends of the buckle are rounded and the concave sides moulded with bifid knops. Each end of the buckle frame is decorated with twp small notches, possibly doubling as pin rests. The rear of the object is undecorated.

Similar examples can be found in Whitehead, (2003), p98.

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 1660
Date to: Circa AD 1720

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 21.5 mm
Width: 17 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 3.13 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 3rd September 2015

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

County or Unitary authority: York (Unitary Authority)
District: York (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Stockton-on-the-Forest

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

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Recording Institution: LANCUM
Created: 6 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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