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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SWYOR-5E7E6F
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy Medieval annular buckle (or possibly a brooch) dating from about AD 1250 - 1400. The buckle frame is circular in plan and oval in cross section and is plain. There is no constriction for the pin (see Egan and Pritchard' Dress Accessories, page 64 and 65 for a discussion of the differentiation of annular buckles and brooches) and just a slight notch or area of wear where the tip of the pin rests. The copper alloy pin is cast with an open loop to attach it to the frame, a raised bar moulding across the pin adjacent to the loop and a blunt point which tapers in thickness to sit smoothly against the frame. The buckle has a smooth, thin grey green patina. The buckle is 41.9mm diameter, 11.5mm thick and 20.85g. Compare number 36 on page 58 of Egan and Pritchard (1991) and others in the same book which suggest a date in the late 13th or 14th century.
Class: Cassels type 1.1C
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 11.5 mm
Weight: 20.85 g
Diameter: 41.9 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 2015 - Thursday 8th October 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 2713
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leeds (Metropolitan District)
District: Leeds (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Barwick in Elmet and Scholes (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE4038
Four figure Latitude: 53.83672075
Four figure longitude: -1.39364813
1:25K map: SE4038
1:10K map: SE43NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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